Johnny Fortune | |
Full Name: | John Joseph Fortune |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1933 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1963–64 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
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]