About Ernie Keeffe
Lived 1919 – 1991 (aged 72). Ernie Keeffe was a rugby union player and boxer.
Ernest P. Keeffe (16 March 1919 — 30 November 1991) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Cork, Keeffe was a Sundays Well forward, capped six times for Ireland. He played in Ireland's second row for all four 1947 Five Nations matches and ended the year with an appearance against the touring Wallabies, used as a wing-forward. In 1948, Keeffe featured in the first Five Nations match, a win over France in Paris, en route to the team claiming their first ever grand slam.
Keeffe also represented Ireland as a boxer.
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Who was Ernie Keeffe?
rugby player
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Ernie Keeffe was born on 16 March 1919.
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Ernie Keeffe died on 30 November 1991.
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Ernie Keeffe was a rugby union player and boxer.
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