Commander Charles Francis George Thomas Hallaran (10 June 1897 — 21 March 1941) was a Royal Navy officer and Ireland international rugby union player.
He also played at various times for the Barbarians, Edinburgh Wanderers, Lansdowne, Surrey, Royal Navy and United Services.
A capable boxer, Hallaran was officers' heavyweight champion of both the Grand Fleet and Royal Navy.
[2] Hallaran had attained the rank of commander by World War II and was serving on the HMS Springbank in 1941 when he drowned rescuing a stoker who had fallen overboard.
After guiding the sailor to safety, Hallaran was taken by a wave and suffered a fractured skull, having been crushed between two vessels.