Gerry Hardy
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Full nameGerald Gabriel Hardy
Born29 March 1937
Omeath, County Louth,
Ireland
Ireland
Died27 October 1963 (aged 26)
Drogheda, County Louth,
Ireland
Ireland
Position(s)
Fly-half
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| Born | 29 March 1937 Omeath, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 October 1963 (aged 26) Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Gabriel Hardy (29 March 1937 — 27 October 1963) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Omeath, County Louth, Hardy was the son of a businessman and younger brother of priest Michael Hardy, well known as a Louth GAA player in the 1940s.[1]
Hardy played his rugby for Bective Rangers and was capped once for Ireland, as a fly-half against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1962 Five Nations, in partnership with 17-year old scrum-half John Quirke.[2]
In 1963, Hardy was one of six people killed in a car accident near Gormanston.[3][4]