About Don Hingerty
Lived 1920 – 2007 (aged 87). Don Hingerty was a rugby union player and university teacher.
Donal Joseph Hingerty (11 January 1920 — 12 December 2007) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Educated at O'Connell School in Dublin, Hingerty played rugby for University College Dublin and debuted for Ireland in a 1945 wartime international, before making three further unofficial appearances in 1946. He was capped officially in the 1947 Five Nations, where he played all four of Ireland's fixtures.
Hingerty was a Professor of Biochemistry at University College Dublin.
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rugby player
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Don Hingerty was born on 11 January 1920.
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Don Hingerty died on 12 December 2007.
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Don Hingerty was a rugby union player and university teacher.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Don Hingerty. https://biography.guide/don-hingerty/
MLA: "Don Hingerty." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/don-hingerty/.
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