| Date of birth | (1919-05-06)6 May 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 December 1984(1984-12-15) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Teehan (6 May 1919 — 15 December 1984) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Buttevant, County Cork, Teehan played for University College Cork and was capped three times as a teenage front row forward for Ireland in the 1939 Home Nations, preferred over former captain Sam Walker. He became the first player produced by Highfield RFC to gain an Ireland cap.
Teehan enlisted in the Royal Air Force in World War II.
See also
References
- "Ready For All". Birmingham Mail. 4 February 1939.
- "Highfield tap into spirit of '66 heroes". Irish Independent. 4 November 2016.
- "Teehan Joining R.A.F." Belfast News-Letter. 24 April 1939.
External links
- Charles Teehan at ESPNscrum