Joe Gaston (rugby union)
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| Full name | Joseph Tate Gaston | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 November 1930 Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 2024 (aged 93) Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Ballymena Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Tate Gaston (28 November 1930 – 19 October 2024) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Cloughmills, near Ballymena, Gaston was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Gaston, who captained Dublin University, was a speedy wing three-quarter. He represented Ulster and was capped eight times for Ireland during the 1950s, debuting against the touring 1954–55 All Blacks at Lansdowne Road.[2]
A doctor, Gaston played for Northampton while posted to Northampton General Hospital.[3]
Gaston raised three sons and two daughters with wife Maureen, a former Moyle District Councillor. His wife and daughter Kathryn were both killed in a car accident in Moss-side in 1982.[4]
Gaston died in Coleraine, County Londonderry on 19 October 2024, at the age of 93.[5]