Jim Brady (rugby union)

James Robert Brady (born 11 February 1931) is an Irish former international rugby union player.^[1]

Jim Brady

Full name	James Robert Brady
Date of birth	(1931-02-11) 11 February 1931 (age 94)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	15 st (210 lb; 95 kg)
School	Belfast High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1951–57 Ireland 12 (0)

A Belfast native, Brady was educated at Belfast High School and represented Ulster from schoolboys level. He played his senior rugby for Belfast's CIYMS club and won Ireland selection in his first season of top-grade rugby.^[2][3]

Brady, a bank clerk by profession, was capped 12 times by Ireland as second-row forward. He featured twice in Ireland's championship-winning 1951 Five Nations campaign and was the first CIYMS product to play international rugby.^[3]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players