Full name | Michael Joseph Dunne | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 July 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 February 1967 | (aged 60)||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
School | Castleknock College | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Joseph Dunne (14 July 1906 — 7 February 1967) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Dunne was born in Dublin and educated at Castleknock College.[2]
A second row forward, Dunne captained Dublin-based club Lansdowne and was capped 16 times for Ireland between 1928 and 1934.[3] He also gained selection for the 1930 British & Irish Lions, playing 10 matches during tours of New Zealand and Australia, but none of the international fixtures.[4]
Dunne was a solicitor by profession and practised in Dublin.[2]