Noel Purcell (water polo)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel Mary Purcell | |||||
| Born | 15 November 1891[1] Ireland |
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| 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 (16 November 1891[2] – 31 January 1962) was an Irish rugby union and water polo player. 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 was a member of Dublin Swimming Club, Ireland's olest continuous swimming club, founded in 1881. He is possibly the first athlete to have represented two different nations at the Olympics [3]
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 on a team which also included fellow Dubliners M.A O'Connor, J.A O'Connor and N. Judd.[7]
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 | ||
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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 )
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 www.irishrugby.ie
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cotton, p82
- ↑ www.belvederecollege.ie
- ↑ Purcell with Great Britain team
- ↑ One Hundred Years of Irish Olympians
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Player profile on scrum.com
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- 1891 births
- 1962 deaths
- British water polo players
- Irish water polo players
- 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 medallists 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 from Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Male water polo players
- People educated at Belvedere College
- People educated at Clongowes Wood College
