About John Minch
Lived 1890 – 1942 (aged 52). John Minch was a rugby union player and military personnel.
Lieutenant colonel John Berchmans Minch (29 July 1890 — 8 November 1942) was a British Army officer and Ireland international rugby union player of the 1910s.
Biography Born in Athy, County Kildare, Minch was the son of nationalist politician Matthew Minch and the younger brother of Sydney Minch, a member of the Teachta Dála. His family were well known brewers involved with the company Minch Malt. He attended Clongowes Wood College and University College Dublin, where he studied obstetrics.
Minch was the first player of Athy origins to be capped for Ireland, gaining the first of his five caps as a centre against the touring 1912–13 Springboks, while a Bective Rangers player.
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John Minch was born on 29 July 1890.
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John Minch died on 8 November 1942.
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John Minch was a rugby union player and military personnel.
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