Andrew Clinch
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Birth name | Andrew Daniel Clinch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 November 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 February 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Belvedere College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Dublin University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Jamie Clinch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (28 November 1867 – 1 February 1937),[1] was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.
Biography
Educated at Belvedere College S.J. Andrew Daniel (Coo) Clinch represented Leinster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions in a distinguished playing career and later became president of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was a member of the squad on the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa.
His son, James ("Jammie") Clinch, also played rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
His great-grandson Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland.
References
- ^ Andrew Clinch player profile Scrum.com
Categories:
- 1867 births
- 1937 deaths
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Irish rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland
- Rugby union forwards
- Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players
- Dublin University Football Club players
- People educated at Belvedere College
- Burials at Goldenbridge Cemetery
- Rugby union players from County Dublin