| Full name | John Joseph Clune | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1890-04-02)2 April 1890 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 September 1942(1942-09-12) (aged 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | off Ascension Island | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Blackrock College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Veterinarian | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Joseph Clune (2 April 1890 — 12 September 1942) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Clune was educated at Blackrock College and Trinity College Dublin. He was capped six times for Ireland, utilised as both a hooker and second row forward, making his debut against the touring 1912–13 Springboks.
After qualifying as a vet, Clune was commissioned to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and served in Mesopotamia in World War I, then worked at veterinary hospitals in Kurdistan between the wars.
Clune was on a posting to the Indian Army during World War II and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. On 12 September 1942, Clune was a passenger on RMS Laconia when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the West African coast in the South Atlantic. He was one of an estimated 1,600 people to die in the sinking.
See also
References
- ^ McCrery, Nigel; Rowe, Michael (28 February 2018). Final Scrum. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 1473894522.
- "Fixtures". Limerick Echo. 19 November 1912.
- "Lieutenant Colonel John Joseph Clune". CWGC.
External links
- John Clune at ESPNscrum
- 1890 births
- 1942 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union hookers
- Rugby union locks
- People educated at Blackrock College
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Royal Army Veterinary Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- People who died at sea