Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | Boyle, Ireland | 3 June 1923
Died | 4 November 1998 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 75)
Sport | |
Sport | Basketball |
James Richard McGee (3 June 1923 – 4 November 1998) was an Irish basketball player and musician. [1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [2]
McGee was born in Boyle, Roscommon. He joined the Irish Army in 1938 at the age of 15. [1] Three years later, he enlisted in the School of Music in Dublin where he was a member of the Army No. 1 Band at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. [1] During this period, he was a member of the Eastern Command basketball team and was selected in 1948 to be a member of the Irish Olympic basketball team that was sent to London. [1]
After leaving the team, he moved in 1951 to Athlone to direct the Western Command Band, where he would go on to serve 30 years with. [1] McGee also served on a United Nations peacekeeping deployment for six months in Cyprus during this time. [1] He was appointed to the post of director of the Defence Force School of Music in 1987, retiring a year later at the rank of colonel and as one of the longest serving servicemen in the Defence Forces, having served for 50 years. [3] [1] [4]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | Boyle, Ireland | 3 June 1923
Died | 4 November 1998 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 75)
Sport | |
Sport | Basketball |
James Richard McGee (3 June 1923 – 4 November 1998) was an Irish basketball player and musician. [1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [2]
McGee was born in Boyle, Roscommon. He joined the Irish Army in 1938 at the age of 15. [1] Three years later, he enlisted in the School of Music in Dublin where he was a member of the Army No. 1 Band at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. [1] During this period, he was a member of the Eastern Command basketball team and was selected in 1948 to be a member of the Irish Olympic basketball team that was sent to London. [1]
After leaving the team, he moved in 1951 to Athlone to direct the Western Command Band, where he would go on to serve 30 years with. [1] McGee also served on a United Nations peacekeeping deployment for six months in Cyprus during this time. [1] He was appointed to the post of director of the Defence Force School of Music in 1987, retiring a year later at the rank of colonel and as one of the longest serving servicemen in the Defence Forces, having served for 50 years. [3] [1] [4]