Frederick McCormac
| Full name | Frederick Maxwell McCormac | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 May 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dalkey, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Maxwell McCormac (1884 – 1973) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dalkey, McCormac was a halfback and played his early rugby for London Irish, before returning to Ireland in 1906 to take up a position with the Irish Land Commission. He subsequently joined Dublin club Wanderers, from where he was called up by Ireland for the first time in 1909, going on to attain three international caps.[1][2]
McCormac served as an officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was proprietor of The Fountain in Loughton.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Football". The Sportsman. 24 March 1906.
- ^ "Changes in the Irish team". Daily Mirror. 3 March 1909.
- ^ "Personal - Military". The Broad Arrow. 2 August 1916.
- ^ "Wife Says "Cheerio" And Drinks Poison". Northampton Mercury. 17 February 1939.
External links
- Frederick McCormac at ESPNscrum