Johnny Fortune
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| full_name = John Joseph Fortune
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|09|28|1933|12|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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| position = Wing
| repyears1 = 1963–64
| repteam1 = {{nrut|Ireland}}
| repcaps1 = 2
| reppoints1 = 3
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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.{{cite news |title=Tributes to rugby star Johnny |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/localnotes/tributes-to-rugby-star-johnny/31584592.html |work=Irish Independent |date=9 October 2015 |language=en}}
A winger, Fortune played his rugby for Clontarf and Leinster, with two Ireland caps.{{cite web |last1=McCarry |first1=Patrick |title=All you'll ever need to know about Clontarf Rugby Club |url=https://www.the42.ie/clontarf-rugby-factfile-history-1178630-Nov2013/ |website=The 42 |language=en |date=17 November 2013 |access-date=25 April 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128055854/https://www.the42.ie/clontarf-rugby-factfile-history-1178630-Nov2013/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |title=On a cold December day Ireland’s ‘15 victims’ almost slayed the All Blacks |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/on-a-cold-december-day-ireland-s-15-victims-almost-slayed-the-all-blacks-1.3695547 |work=The Irish Times |date=13 November 2018 |language=en |access-date=25 April 2024 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116013327/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/on-a-cold-december-day-ireland-s-15-victims-almost-slayed-the-all-blacks-1.3695547 |url-status=live }} His other cap came against England at Twickenham in the 1964 Five Nations.
Fortune worked at ESB and lived for 40 years in the town of Balbriggan near Dublin.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ESPNscrum|6855}}
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Category:Irish rugby union players
Category:Ireland international rugby union players