About Jim McVicker
Lived 1896 – 1985 (aged 89). Jim McVicker was a rugby union player.
James McVicker (1 October 1896 — 18 December 1985) was an Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland.
A native of Ballymoney, McVicker was a Collegians and Ulster forward, capped 20 times by Ireland from his debut as a 27-year old in 1924. He featured in two Tests on the 1924 tour to South Africa with the British Lions and continued in the Ireland team until 1930, playing mostly as a lock. Two brothers, Hugh and Sam, who were also capped for Ireland.
McVicker practiced medicine in Moss-side, County Antrim, before retiring in 1963.
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Jim McVicker was born on 1 October 1896.
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Jim McVicker died on 18 December 1985.
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Jim McVicker was a rugby union player.
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