Johnny Fullam

Johnny Fullam
Personal information
Full name	John Rowan Fullam
Date of birth	22 March 1940
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	10 June 2015 (aged 75)
Place of death	Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)	Wing-half
Youth career
1956–1958	Home Farm
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1961	Preston North End
1961–1969	Shamrock Rovers
1967	→ Boston Rovers (loan)
1969–1976	Bohemians
1976–1979	Shamrock Rovers
1979–1980	Athlone Town
Total
International career
1960–1969	Republic of Ireland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Rowan "Johnny" Fullam (22 March 1940 – 10 June 2015) was an Irish association footballer.

Career

Born in

Preston North End in 1958. He scored 6 goals in 49 league appearances for Preston.^[1]

In 1961 he was asked to guest on

Shamrock Rovers tour of America on the understanding that he would sign for the club. He scored his first goal in a competitive match from the penalty spot against Transport in a League of Ireland Shield game on 20 August 1961. He suffered a serious knee injury in February 1962 and missed Rovers FAI Cup win that season.^{[citation needed}

]

He made his European debut in the

PFC Botev Plovdiv and won his first Shield medal in 1962/63. Johnny was a regular member of Rovers' all-conquering side of 1963/64 when the Hoops almost made a clean sweep of the domestic trophies. He was one of five Rovers' players who were on the League of Ireland XI side that beat the English Football League side 2–1 at Dalymount Park on 2 October 1963. Just over a week later he played against Valencia CF and the Rovers drew 2–2.^{[citation needed}

]

Johnny won the first of his six FAI Cup medals with Rovers in 1964 and in the replayed final the following year he scored the winner. He scored against

Spora Luxembourg and had two great games against FC Bayern Munich

where Rovers were seven minutes from putting the eventual winners of the competition.

He was on the mark in Europe again in 1968 against

Bohemians shortly after and won yet another FAI Cup in his first season at Dalymount Park. In 1975, he won the League with Bohs and picked up another FAI Cup in 1976. He made 8 appearances in European competition for Bohs. He signed back for Rovers in the 1976 close season and captained the Milltown club to his eighth FAI Cup win in 1978. He was given a free transfer by Johnny Giles at the end of the 1978/79 season.^[3]

Fullam finished his League of Ireland career at

Limerick United won the league.^{[citation needed}

]

He played well over 400 League of Ireland games. He had played for Rovers for eleven seasons in two spells and he was a worthy recipient of the Shamrock Rovers Hall of Fame award in 1991. He earned 11 caps playing for Republic of Ireland national football team,^[1] 10 while with Rovers. He holds the Rovers record for the most European appearances with 19 scoring the aforementioned 3 goals.

Honours

League of Ireland: 2
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1964
- Bohemians – 1975
FAI Cup: 8
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978
- Bohemians – 1970, 1976
League of Ireland Shield: 1
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1964
League of Ireland Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1976/77
Leinster Senior Cup: 2
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1964, 1968/69
Dublin City Cup: 2
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1964, 1966/67
Top Four Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers
  1966
Blaxnit Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers
  1967–68
LFA President's Cup:
- Bohemians 1974/75
SWAI Personality of the Year: 2
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1967/68
- Bohemians – 1974/75
Hall of Fame: 1
- Shamrock Rovers
  – 1990/91

References

^ ^a ^b Johnny Fullam profile, neilbrown.newcastlefans.com; accessed 18 January 2016.
^ Shamrock Rovers v Real Zaragoza Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, shamrockrovers.ie; accessed 29 November 2015.
^ Profile, Irish Times, 11 May 1979.
^ Profile, Irish Times, 2 August 1979.

[nb-1] Johnny Fullam profile, neilbrown.newcastlefans.com; accessed 18 January 2016.

[2] Shamrock Rovers v Real Zaragoza Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, shamrockrovers.ie; accessed 29 November 2015.

[3] Profile, Irish Times, 11 May 1979.

[4] Profile, Irish Times, 2 August 1979.

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