Colm Tucker

Colm Tucker

Birth name	Colm Christopher Tucker
Date of birth	(1952-09-22)22 September 1952
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Date of death	11 January 2012(2012-01-11) (aged 59)
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb)
School	St. Munchin's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1979–1980 Ireland 3 (0) 1980 British & Irish Lions 2 (0)

Colm Tucker (22 September 1952 – 11 January 2012)^[1] was an Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions^[2] during a period when at club level he was representing Shannon RFC. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick.^[3]

Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59.^[4]

Notes

1. "Colm Tucker player profile]". Scrum.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
2. "Colm Tucker Lions profile". lionsrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
3. "Colm Tucker passes away". lionsrugby.com. 12 January 2012.
4. "Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker" Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 11 January 2012.