Charles Teehan

Charles Teehan
Date of birth(1919-05-06)6 May 1919
Place of birthButtevant, County Cork, Ireland
Date of death15 December 1984(1984-12-15) (aged 65)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Front row
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1939 Ireland 3 (0)

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.[1] He became the first player produced by Highfield RFC to gain an Ireland cap.[2]

Teehan enlisted in the Royal Air Force in World War II.[3]

  1. ^ "Ready For All". Birmingham Mail. 4 February 1939.
  2. ^ "Highfield tap into spirit of '66 heroes". Irish Independent. 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Teehan Joining R.A.F." Belfast News-Letter. 24 April 1939.