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]
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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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]