| Full name | Patrick Joseph Antony O'Sullivan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1933-06-02)2 June 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 September 2007(2007-09-01) (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Raheny, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Garbally | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Antony O'Sullivan (2 June 1933 — 1 September 2007) was an Irish international rugby union player.
O'Sullivan was born in Galway and attended St Joseph's College, Garbally.
A forward, O'Sullivan played in a Galwegians side that dominated Connacht rugby. He made 35 provincial appearances for Connacht and was capped 15 times by Ireland between 1957 and 1963.
O'Sullivan had a pork victualling shop on Dominick Street in Galway and later immigrated to Zimbabwe to run a meat processing business. He died at his home in Raheny, Dublin, in 2007 at the age of 74.
See also
References
- "Tony O'Sullivan Galway's Sports Star of 1959". Galway Observer. 2 January 1960.
- "7 - Tony O'Sullivan (Rugby)". Galway Observer. 7 January 1961.
- "Death of former rugby great O'Sullivan". RTÉ. 6 September 2007.
- "Death Notice of Anthony (Tony) O'Sullivan (Artane, Dublin)". rip.ie.
External links
- Tony O'Sullivan at ESPNscrum