Don Hingerty

Don Hingerty
Full nameDonal Joseph Hingerty
Date of birth(1920-01-11)11 January 1920
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of death12 December 2007(2007-12-12) (aged 87)
SchoolO'Connell School
UniversityUniversity College Dublin
Notable relative(s)Dave Hingerty (son)
Occupation(s)Professor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947 Ireland 4 (0)

Donal Joseph Hingerty (11 January 1920 — 12 December 2007) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Educated at O'Connell School in Dublin, Hingerty played rugby for University College Dublin and debuted for Ireland in a 1945 wartime international, before making three further unofficial appearances in 1946.[1] He was capped officially in the 1947 Five Nations, where he played all four of Ireland's fixtures.[2]

Hingerty was a Professor of Biochemistry at University College Dublin.[3]

  1. ^ "Honour for veteran Irish trio". Irish Independent. 5 March 1994.
  2. ^ "And still I live in hope to see Lansdowne's holy ground once more". Irish Independent. 1 April 2006.
  3. ^ "Multivitamin supplements are little more than expensive placebos". The Irish Times. 15 August 2024.