Ronald Arthur Lamont,

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(18 November 1941 – 22 December 2022) was an international

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player. Lamont was born on 18 November 1941. Lamont was capped thirteen times for Ireland between 1965 and 1970, winning seven caps as a number eight and six as a flanker. He scored one try for Ireland. He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and played in all four internationals against

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, scoring one try. He was selected by the 1967 New Zealand Rugby Almanac as one of its players of the season. Lamont also played club rugby for

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. During his career, he received a lot of jerseys, most of which are framed in Ballyclare RFC. Lamont was a teacher at Throne Primary School, Whitewell Road, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland between 1964 and 1970. Lamont left and took up a post as headmaster at Springhill Primary School in Belfast. Lamont was appointed a

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(MBE) in the

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, for services to education. He died on 22 December 2022, at the age of 81.

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1941 births 2022 deaths Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Ulster Rugby players Instonians rugby union players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Members of the Order of the British Empire {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub