Andy Mulligan

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Andrew (Andy) Armstrong Mulligan, was born on 4 February 1936 et Kasauli, a small cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, and died on 24 February 2001. He was a rugby international who captained Ireland and the British Lions, playing at scrum half.

[edit] Rugby Football Career

Educated at Gresham's School, Holt from 1945 to 1954, he captained the School's First XV in 1953-1954.

He played twenty-two internationals for Ireland. His first was against France on 28 January 1956, and his last against South Africa in 1961.

Mulligan was three times captain of Ireland, and he also captained the British Lions against the New Zealand All Blacks in 1959