| Full name | Jack Ursala Molony | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thurles, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 2008 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Jack Ursala Molony (21 October 1924 — 9 September 2008) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Molony attended CBS Thurles and Roscrea College, then studied medicine at University College Dublin, where he won a Leinster Senior Cup as a varsity rugby player in 1948. He also competed for Bective Rangers, Leinster and was capped once for Ireland, playing in the second row against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1950 Five Nations.[1]
A doctor, Molony specialised in the field of rheumatology.[2]
Molony's grandson, Ross Molony, played for Leinster and Ireland Wolfhounds.[3]