Andrew Clinch
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Andrew Clinch
| birth_name = Andrew Daniel Clinch
| birth_date = 28 November 1867
| death_date = 1 February 1937
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| death_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| position = Forward
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| clubs1 = Dublin University
| clubs2 = Wanderers
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| repyears1 = 1892-1897
| repyears2 = 1896
| repteam1 = Ireland
| repteam2 = British Lions
| repcaps1 = 10
| repcaps2 = 4
| reppoints1 = 0
| reppoints2 = 0
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| children = Jammie Clinch
Paul Clinch
| school = Belvedere College
| university = Trinity College Dublin
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Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (28 November 1867 – 1 February 1937),[http://www.espnscrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/1047.html Andrew Clinch player profile] Scrum.com was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
Biography
Educated at Belvedere College S.J. Andrew Daniel (Coo) Clinch represented Leinster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions in a distinguished playing career and later became president of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was a member of the squad on the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa.
His son, Jammie Clinch, also played rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
His grandfather James Clinch was a jeweler and made Claddagh Rings in Galway in the early 1800s
His great-grandson Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland.
His great-great-granddaughter Catherine Clinch stars in the Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin
References
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Category:Ireland international rugby union players
Category:Irish rugby union players
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland
Category:Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players
Category:Dublin University Football Club players
Category:People educated at Belvedere College