Johnny Dooley | |
Full Name: | John Francis Dooley |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1934 |
Birth Place: | Galway, Ireland |
Death Place: | Salthill, Galway, Ireland |
Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 1959 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
John Francis Dooley (10 August 1934 — 7 March 2009) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Galway, Dooley was an Ireland Universities soccer international, but found more success as a rugby player, gaining three Ireland caps as a centre in the 1959 Five Nations.[1] He scored a try in Ireland's win over Scotland at Murrayfield and later featured on the 1961 tour of South Africa, where he was a reserve for the one-off match against the Springboks.[2] His club rugby was played with Galwegians, which he captained.[3]
Dooley married the daughter of ex-Galway mayor Joseph Costello.[4]