George McConnell (rugby union)
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Born1 August 1889
Fanad, County Donegal, Ireland
Died24 March 1948 (aged 58)
Carnoustie, Scotland
Position
Forward
Position
Forward
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George McConnell (1 August 1889 — 24 March 1948) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Fanad, County Donegal, McConnell played rugby with Edinburgh University while studying medicine. He was capped four times as a forward for Ireland across the 1912 and 1913 Five Nations Championships.[1]
McConnell served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Salonika during World War I.[2]
A doctor, McConnell practised medicine in the Scottish town of Carnoustie, which he moved to in 1919.[1]