Paddy Brennan (footballer)

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]

Paddy Brennan
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Brennan[1]
Date of birth (1924-03-01)1 March 1924[1]
Place of birth Dublin,[1] England
Date of death 11 January 1991(1991-01-11) (aged 66)[1]
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

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

  1. "Paddy Brennan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. "Player archive". Weymouth F.C. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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