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Birth Name:

Leo Close

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Oct 20, 1934

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Age:

90

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

26°

Lib

25'

About Leo Close

Leo St John Close OBE (20 October 1934 – 18 January 1977) was an Irish Vincentian priest and Paralympian sportsman and organiser, who was first president of the Irish Wheelchair Association. Born in Drumcondra in 1934, in Dublin, Christian Brothers in Marino, at Belvedere College and at Mount St Joseph’s Cistercian College in Roscrea, he studied for at All Hallows College in Drumcondra. He was paralysed in an accident aged 23 while a young seminarian; as a wheelchair user his path to ordination was supported by the Archbishop McQuaid of Dublin, a family friend, and Fr William Purcell of All Hallows. He obtained a BA from University College Dublin in preparation for his anticipated role in education. Clerical students from All Hallows would often study at UCD parallel to their clerical studies; with the assistance of classmates, Close was able to attend lectures on the top floor of the Earlsfort Terrace building. He continued his studies taking University College Dublin, obtaining a diploma in education, and an MA from Catechetics at the Lumen Vitae Institute in Brussels in 1963.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Leo Close at Paralympics New Zealand

• F. Leo Close at the International Paralympic Committee (Ireland)

• Close at the International Paralympic Committee (New Zealand)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Leo Close: Sun 26 Libra, Moon 28 Pisces, Mercury 18 Scorpio, Venus 18 Libra, Mars 1 Virgo, Jupiter 2 Scorpio, Saturn 21 Aquarius, Uranus 29 Aries, Neptune 13 Virgo, Pluto 26 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Opposition Uranus, Sun Square Pluto, Mercury Square Saturn, Sun Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Neptune, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Venus Semi Square Mars, Venus Trine Saturn, Mars Sextile Jupiter, Mars Trine Uranus, Jupiter Opposition Uranus, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Leo Close: October 20 births, Dublin, Alumni of University College Dublin, People educated at Belvedere College, 1977 deaths, New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire, Paralympic athletes of New Zealand, Alumni of All Hallows College, Paralympic athletes of Ireland, 1934 births, IPC athlete template using only non-numeric ID, 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests, Irish emigrants to New Zealand, Irish Vincentians