Birth name | Garett Francis Halpin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 February 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 February 2021 | (aged 55)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (245 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rockwell College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Manhattan College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Halpin (14 February 1966 – 23 February 2021)[4][5] was an Irish rugby union international player and champion hammer thrower. He played as a prop for Wanderers F.C., Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins and Ireland. He scored a try against New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and subsequently celebrated with an obscene gesture directed at the All Blacks.[6][7]
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