About Hector Kennedy
Lived 1917 – 1975 (aged 58). Hector Kennedy was a rugby union player and military personnel.
Hector Kennedy (1 July 1917 — 15 January 1975) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Kennedy was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast.
A prop, Kennedy played for Instonians and was varsity captain at Queen's University. He moved to England to practise medicine after getting his degree, playing there for Bradford and Yorkshire. In 1938, Kennedy was capped twice for Ireland in the 1938 Home Nations, for away matches against Scotland and Wales.
Kennedy served as a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. He was awarded an MBE in 1945 for his gallantry in North West Europe and also received the Croix de Guerre.
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Hector Kennedy was born on 1 July 1917.
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Hector Kennedy died on 15 July 1975.
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Hector Kennedy was a rugby union player and military personnel.
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