Colm Tucker
Birth nameColm Christopher Tucker
Date of birth(1952-09-22)22 September 1952
Place of birthLimerick, Ireland
Date of death11 January 2012(2012-01-11) (aged 59)
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb)
SchoolSt. Munchin's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979–1980
1980		 Ireland
British & Irish Lions		 3
2		 (0)
(0)

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.[3]

Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Colm Tucker player profile]". Scrum.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Colm Tucker Lions profile". lionsrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Colm Tucker passes away". lionsrugby.com. 12 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker" Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 11 January 2012.


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