Joe McPartlin
| Full name | Joseph James McPartlin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 June 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | West Hartlepool, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 October 2013 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Wimbledon College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Joseph James McPartlin (12 June 1938 – 24 October 2013) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.
McPartlin was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, to parents from Glasgow. He attended Wimbledon College.[1]
A three-time Oxford blue, McPartlin was capped by Scotland while a varsity player, making six Five Nations appearances between 1960 and 1962. He captained Oxford University in the 1962 Varsity match.[2]
McPartlin taught at St Edward's School in Oxford for 34 years.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Joseph James "Joe" McPartlin, teacher and rugby player". The Scotsman. 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Former Scotland rugby centre Joe McPartlin dies". The Scotsman. 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Rugby international, teacher, soldier and noted raconteur". Oxford Mail. 31 October 2013.
External links
[edit]- Joe McPartlin at ESPNscrum