About Joe Gaston
Lived 1930 – 2024 (aged 93). Joe Gaston was a rugby union player.
Joseph Tate Gaston (28 November 1930 – 19 October 2024) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Biography Born in Cloughmills, near Ballymena, Gaston was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin.
Gaston, who captained Dublin University, was a speedy wing three-quarter. He represented Ulster and was capped eight times for Ireland during the 1950s, debuting against the touring 1954–55 All Blacks at Lansdowne Road.
A doctor, Gaston played for Northampton while posted to Northampton General Hospital.
Gaston raised three sons and two daughters with wife Maureen, a former Moyle District Councillor. His wife and daughter Kathryn were both killed in a car accident in Moss-side in 1982.
Gaston died in Coleraine, County Londonderry on 19 October 2024, at the age of 93.
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Joe Gaston was born on 28 November 1930.
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Joe Gaston died on 19 October 2024.
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Joe Gaston was a rugby union player.
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