Johnny Fortune
| Full name | John Joseph Fortune | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 December 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 September 2015 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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John Joseph Fortune (1 December 1933 – 28 September 2015) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Fortune was born in Dublin to parents from Enniscorthy.[1]
A winger, Fortune played his rugby for Clontarf and Leinster, with two Ireland caps.[2] He made his debut against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road in 1963 and scored the match's opening try, which would have given Ireland the win but for a late penalty goal by Don Clarke.[3] His other cap came against England at Twickenham in the 1964 Five Nations.[1]
Fortune worked at ESB and lived for 40 years in the town of Balbriggan near Dublin.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tributes to rugby star Johnny". Irish Independent. 9 October 2015.
- ^ McCarry, Patrick (17 November 2013). "All you'll ever need to know about Clontarf Rugby Club". The 42. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "On a cold December day Ireland's '15 victims' almost slayed the All Blacks". The Irish Times. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Johnny Fortune at ESPNscrum