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Patrick O'Connell

1887 - 1959

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Patrick Joseph O'Connell (8 March 1887 – 27 February 1959), also known as Paddy O'Connell or Patricio O'Connell, was an Irish football player and manager. A wing half, he played for Belfast Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City and Manchester United. He has the distinction of being the first player from what is now the Republic of Ireland to play for and captain Manchester United. As an international, he captained Ireland and was a member of the team that won the 1914 British Home Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick O'Connell is the 1,352nd most popular soccer player (up from 3,646th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 244th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Patrick O'Connell ranks 1,352 out of 21,273. Before him are Luis Arconada, Katsuyuki Kawachi, Raymond Braine, Jean-Pierre Adams, Stefan Abadzhiev, and Dick van Dijk. After him are Kiril Ivkov, Mariano Martín, Felipe Melo, Bengt Gustavsson, Pietro Serantoni, and Pavol Molnár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Patrick O'Connell ranks 134. Before him are Vincent Massey, Jean Patou, Rudolf Beran, Pavel Postyshev, Arthur Cravan, and Charles Galton Darwin. After him are Leo Spitzer, Alexander Vandegrift, Les Kurbas, Adone Zoli, M. N. Roy, and Heino Eller. Among people deceased in 1959, Patrick O'Connell ranks 90. Before him are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Jerry Unser Jr., Giovanni Pastrone, Eduard van Beinum, Štefan Tiso, and José Vasconcelos. After him are Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Johan Bojer, Charles Vidor, Vincent Richards, Fernand Bouisson, and Lal Bokhari.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick O'Connell ranks 142 out of 549. Before him are Anne de Mortimer (1390), Arthur Griffith (1871), Arthur Johnson (1879), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Pat Cox (1952), and Thomas Romney Robinson (1792). After him are Arthur Guinness (1725), Peter Brown (1935), Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), George Browne (1698), and Colm Meaney (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Patrick O'Connell ranks 3. Before him are Roy Keane (1971), and Arthur Johnson (1879). After him are Robbie Keane (1980), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Brian Kerr (1953), Kevin Doyle (1983), Liam Brady (1956), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), John O'Shea (1981), Stephen Hunt (1981), and Gary Kelly (1974).

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