- Mick Quinn (rugby union)
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Mick Quinn Full name Michael Anthony Mary Quinn Date of birth 31 May 1952 Place of birth Dublin, Ireland School Newbridge College Rugby union career Current status Position(s) retired Playing career Position Out-Half, Fly-Half Amateur clubs Years Club / team Lansdowne Football Club
Leinster RugbyNational team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1973-1981 Ireland 10 (18) Michael Anthony Mary Quinn (31 May 1952)[1] is a former rugby union footballer who played international rugby for Ireland. He played schools rugby for Newbridge College and captained them to victory in the 1970 Schools Cup Final over Blackrock College RFC. He then moved on to play senior rugby for Lansdowne Football Club[2] before earning a call up to the Ireland national team. In 1976 he was a member of the Ireland squad that went on tour of New Zealand and Fiji.
His family once owned the H Williams chain of supermarkets, which was later sold to Quinnsworth and subsequently to Tesco Ireland.
References
- ^ Michael Quinn polayer profile Scrum.com
- ^ "Lansdowne Rugby Club-c/o RDS Ballsbridge Dublin 4 Co. Dublin Ireland". http://www.lansdownerugby.com/history-page48309.html. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1952 births
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Living people
- Irish rugby union biography stubs
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