Denis Tierney
| Full name | Denis Finbarr Tierney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 November 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 June 1970 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Denis Finbarr Tierney (6 November 1914 – 6 June 1970) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Tierney was a native of Cork and attended University College Cork, where in addition to rugby he competed in varsity boxing. He played his rugby as a forward and was capped three times for Ireland in the late 1930s.[1]
A doctor, Tierney joined the Jewish Hospital in Manchester as a resident surgical officer during World War II.[2] He practised medicine in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tierney Off Irish XV". Belfast Telegraph. 9 March 1939.
- ^ "Doctor's Bride". Manchester Evening News. 9 January 1943.
- ^ "He Called On The Wrong Door!". Peterborough Standard. 27 February 1948.
External links
[edit]- Denis Tierney at ESPNscrum