Gerald Gabriel Hardy (29 March 1937 — 27 October 1963) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Gerald Gabriel Hardy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Omeath, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 October 1963 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in Omeath, County Louth, Hardy was the son of a businessman and younger brother of priest Michael Hardy, well known as a Louth GAA player in the 1940s.[1]
Hardy played his rugby for Bective Rangers and was capped once for Ireland, as a fly-half against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1962 Five Nations, in partnership with 17-year old scrum-half John Quirke.[2]
In 1963, Hardy was one of six people killed in a car accident near Gormanston.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sadness at death of former curate". Irish Independent. 17 August 2000.
- ^ "Powerful Scots May Crush Irish Hopes". Belfast Telegraph. 23 February 1962.
- ^ "Rugby Star, Three Northerners Die in Head-on Collision". Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner. 2 November 1963.
- ^ "Appalling Accident Near Gormanston". Drogheda Independent. 2 November 1963.
External links
edit- Gerry Hardy at ESPNscrum