John Joseph Curran (1898 – after 1932) was an Irish professional footballer who made 180 Football League appearances playing as a full back for Brighton & Hove Albion.
His performances were rewarded first with selection for the Irish League representative team to play the Football League XI in October 1921 and then with a first cap for Ireland, in a 1–1 draw at home to Wales in the 1921–22 British Home Championship.
Returning to Glenavon, he made his last appearance for Ireland in a 2–1 defeat of England at Windsor Park in October 1923[2] Curran signed for Brighton & Hove Albion of the Football League Third Division South in 1925, where he established a full-back partnership with Jack Jenkins that lasted several years.
[1] In December 1930, Curran – who had been ever-present the previous season and had made nearly 200 senior appearances in total – and prolific goalscorer Hugh Vallance suddenly left the club after a "serious misdemeanour".
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