SOCCER PLAYER

Tony Dunne

1941 - 2020

Photo of Tony Dunne

Icon of person Tony Dunne

Anthony Peter Dunne (24 July 1941 – 8 June 2020) was an Irish footballer who played as a left-back. Born in Dublin, he began his career with youth side Stella Maris before signing for Drumcondra-based Shelbourne, with whom he won the FAI Cup in his second year in the senior team in 1960. That year, he moved to England to play for Manchester United, for whom he made more than 500 appearances in 13 years, winning the First Division in 1965 and 1967, the FA Cup in 1963 and the European Cup in 1968. After being released in 1973, he signed for Bolton Wanderers, making another almost 200 appearances in six years, before playing a single season with the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Dunne is the 4,893rd most popular soccer player (down from 4,621st in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 285th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Tony Dunne by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tony Dunne ranks 4,893 out of 21,273. Before him are Jorge Sarmiento, Hiroshi Hirakawa, Luis Ubiña, Antonín Kinský, Alexi Lalas, and Sergio Brighenti. After him are Giovanni De Prà, Alexis Mac Allister, Kiko Casilla, Alberto Aquilani, René Fernández, and Jean Wendling.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Tony Dunne ranks 552. Before him are Rubén Correa, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Karlo Stipanić, Gordon Tootoosis, and Meinhard Nehmer. After him are Bertrand Halperin, Erhard Busek, Peter Sarstedt, Chuck McKinley, Monika Maron, and Jan Klapáč. Among people deceased in 2020, Tony Dunne ranks 644. Before him are Bill Hobbs, Michael Wheeler, José Jiménez Lozano, Johnny Mandel, Leonid Potapov, and Antonina Ryzhova. After him are Constand Viljoen, Óscar Chávez, Maria Janion, Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Pelle Svensson, and Tom Seaver.

Others Born in 1941

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2020

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Tony Dunne ranks 296 out of 549. Before him are Gary Kelly (1974), John Connolly (1968), Michael Scott (1959), Tom Crean (1877), Charlie McGettigan (1950), and Róisín Murphy (1973). After him are Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Evanna Lynch (1991), Albert Reynolds (1932), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Frank O'Farrell (1927), and Peter Sutherland (1946).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Tony Dunne ranks 13. Before him are Kevin Doyle (1983), Liam Brady (1956), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), John O'Shea (1981), Stephen Hunt (1981), and Gary Kelly (1974). After him are Frank O'Farrell (1927), John McKenna (1855), Matt Doherty (1992), Billy Whelan (1935), Stephen Kelly (1983), and Johnny Giles (1940).

Irish born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous