Birth name | Patrick Joseph Reid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 March 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 January 2016 | (aged 92)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Limerick, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Reid (17 March 1923 – 8 January 2016) was an Irish dual-code rugby centre.[1] Reid played club rugby under the rugby union code for Garryowen, and played international rugby for Ireland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning team of 1948. The following season, he switched codes, joining professional rugby league club Huddersfield, before ending his league career with Halifax.