David Anthony MacSweeney (26 January 1930 — 26 May 2010) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | David Anthony MacSweeney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 January 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 2010 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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MacSweeney was born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, and attended Rockwell College.[1]
A wing-forward, MacSweeney gained an Ireland cap against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1955, taking the place of Jim McCarthy.[2] He was a Cambridge blue and played in the varsity team which faced the touring 1957–58 Wallabies.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cambridge Pick 14 Players to Meet Oxford". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1957.
- ^ "France set for first title?". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 26 February 1955.
- ^ "Cambridge's Fifteen". The Guardian. 12 November 1957.
External links
edit- Dave MacSweeney at ESPNscrum