About Bob Agar
Lived 1920 – 1998 (aged 77–78). Bob Agar was a rugby union player.
Robert Dunlop Agar (29 March 1920 - 23 April 1998) was an Irish international rugby union player who was part of the team that won Ireland's first Grand Slam in the 1948 Five Nations Championship.
Born in Fenagh, County Carlow, he played Gaelic Football for the Fighting Cocks in Rathtoe, and was introduced to rugby at Kilkenny College. He moved to Mountjoy School in Dublin, and represented Leinster at schoolboy level. In 1939 he moved to Belfast, before moving to Malone RFC in 1943, where he partnered Jimmy Nelson in the second row. He retired in 1980 after 40 years' service. In 1994 he was give the Hall of Fame award in the County Carlow Sports Star Awards. He died in Belfast.
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Who was Bob Agar?
rugby player
When was Bob Agar born?
Bob Agar was born on 29 March 1920.
When did Bob Agar die?
Bob Agar died in 1998.
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Bob Agar was a rugby union player.
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MLA: "Bob Agar." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bob-agar/.
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