Colm Tucker
| Birth name | Colm Christopher Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 September 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 January 2012 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Munchin's College | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Colm Tucker (22 September 1952 – 11 January 2012)[1] was an Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions[2] during a period when at club level he was representing Shannon RFC. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick.
Colm Tucker had the ‘misfortune’ to have his surname misprinted in the programme for the international against France in Paris in 1980.[citation needed]
Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Colm Tucker player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Colm Tucker Lions profile lionsrugby.com
- ^ "Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker" Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 11 January 2012.
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