Daniel Langan
| Full name | Daniel Joseph Langan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 October 1985 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Joseph Langan (19 March 1910 — 9 October 1985) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Langan represented Munster and gained his solitary Ireland cap in the 1934 Home Nations, displacing Robin Pratt at fullback for the match against Wales in Swansea, towards the end of which he broke his collarbone.[1]
Langan won his Ireland cap while with Clontarf and later played for Garryowen.[2]
An oil executive, Langan was the father of restaurateur Peter Langan, founder of Langan's Brasserie.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A rather unhappy debut for Pratt at Twickenham!". Irish Independent. 5 August 1988.
- ^ "Inter Provincial". Belfast News-Letter. 28 November 1936.
- ^ "Peter Langan". The Daily Telegraph. 9 December 1988.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Langan at ESPNscrum