Jim Brady (rugby union)

James Robert Brady (born 11 February 1931) is an Irish former international rugby union player.

A Belfast native, Brady was educated at Belfast High School and represented Ulster from schoolboys level. He played his senior rugby for Belfast's CIYMS club and won Ireland selection in his first season of top-grade rugby.

Brady, a bank clerk by profession, was capped 12 times by Ireland as second-row forward. He featured twice in Ireland's championship-winning 1951 Five Nations campaign and was the first CIYMS product to play international rugby.