- Noel Purcell (water polo)
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Noel Purcell Personal information Full name Noel Mary Purcell Born Ireland Playing information Position No. 8 (rugby union) Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Rugby union Belvedere College Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Water polo 1920 Great Britain 1924 Ireland Rugby union 1921 Ireland 4 0 Noel Mary Purcell (25 December 1899 [1] or 14 November 1891[2] – 31 January 1962) was an Irish sportsman. He represented both Great Britain and Ireland as a water polo player at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics respectively.[3]< He also played rugby union for Belvedere College,[4] Clongowes Wood College and Ireland.[3]
He is arguably the first man to have represented two countries at the Olympics, since when the Irish Free State gained its own team, he switched from Great Britain to the Irish Olympic team.[3]
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Water polo player
At the 1920 Summer Olympics Purcell, together with Charles Sydney Smith, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Bugbee, Christopher Jones, William Peacock and William Henry Dean, was a member of the Great Britain water polo team that won the gold medal.[5][6] Then in 1924 he captained Ireland.
Rugby international
In the 1921 Five Nations Championship, Purcell played in all four games for Ireland. He made his debut against England on 12 February. He then played against Scotland on 26 February and Wales on 12 March. He made his final appearance for Ireland against France on 9 April.[2]
Olympic medal record Men's Water Polo Gold 1920 Antwerp Team competition References
- Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3 )
External links
- Player profile on scrum.com
Categories:- 1962 deaths
- British water polo players
- Irish water polo players
- Olympic competitors from Ireland who represented other countries
- Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players of Great Britain
- Olympic water polo players of Ireland
- Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Irish rugby union referees
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- People from Dún Laoghaire
- Year of birth uncertain
- 1899 births
- Olympic medalists in water polo
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