Paddy Brennan (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Joseph Brennan[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 March 1924||
Place of birth | Dublin,[1] England | ||
Date of death | 11 January 1991[1] | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Hove,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–1948 | Shelbourne | ||
1948–1952 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 45 | (0) |
1952–1953 | Yeovil Town | ||
1953–1956 | Weymouth | ||
1956–1957 | Dover | ||
1957–19?? | Hove Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Patrick Joseph Brennan (1 March 1924 – 11 January 1991) was an Irish professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
Life and career[]
Brennan was born in 1924 in Dublin.[1] He came to prominence with League of Ireland club Shelbourne before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 1948. He made his Football League Third Division South debut towards the end of the year, and became a regular in 1949–50, but inconsistency cost him his place, and he made just six senior appearances in two years. He spent a season with Yeovil Town before joining Southern League rivals Weymouth,[2] where he made 112 appearances in all competitions.[3] A season with Dover preceded a return to the Brighton area where he was player-coach of Sussex County League side Hove Town and worked as an ambulance officer. Brennan died in Hove in 1991 at the age of 66.[1]
References[]
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Association football wing halves
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Weymouth F.C. players
- Dover F.C. players
- Chester-le-Street Town F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Republic of Ireland football biography stubs