About Ron McCarten
Lived 1935 – 2021 (aged 85). Ron McCarten was a rugby union player.
Ronald James McCarten (6 August 1935 – 29 January 2021) was an English-born Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Seaton, Cumberland, McCarten played for English clubs Workington Zebras, London Irish, and Oldham. He also played for RAF Changi during national service in Singapore. Qualifying through ancestry, McCarten made three Ireland appearance as a winger in the 1961 Five Nations, winning in his debut match against England at Lansdowne Road.
McCarten spent his post rugby years in Ireland, teaching at Castleknock College from 1969 to 2002.
In 2021, McCarten died after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home.
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Ron McCarten was born on 6 August 1935.
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Ron McCarten died on 29 January 2021.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ron McCarten. https://biography.guide/ron-mccarten/
MLA: "Ron McCarten." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ron-mccarten/.
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