John Fulton was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
| Date of death | 17 April 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of death | Portrush, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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A North of Ireland FC player, Fulton was capped 16 times as a fullback for Ireland between 1895 and 1904.[2] He took part in Ireland's triple crown-winning 1899 Home Nations campaign, then 1902 became national captain for the Home Nations, but had relinquished his position to Louis Magee by the end of the tournament.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "International Rugby". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 8 February 1902.
- ^ "J. Fulton, Former Irish International, Dead". Irish Independent. 19 April 1948.
- ^ "Rugby International Football". Cambridge Independent Press. 14 February 1902.
External links
edit- John Fulton at ESPNscrum