Kevin O'Flanagan
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan | ||
Date of birth | 10 June 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 26 May 2006 | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Gaelic football | |||
193x–193x | Dublin county team | ||
Soccer | |||
193x–1936 | Home Farm | ||
1936–1945 | Bohemian | 145 | (95) |
1945–1947 | Arsenal | 14 | (3) |
1947–1948 | Corinthian-Casuals | 52 | (50) |
1948 | Barnet | ||
1949–1950 | Brentford | 6 | (0) |
Rugby union | |||
193x–194x |
UCD | ||
194x–194x |
Lansdowne | ||
194x–194x | London Irish | ||
194x–194x | → Leinster | ||
International career | |||
Soccer | |||
1937–1947 |
Ireland (FAI) | 10 | (3) |
1939 | League of Ireland XI | 2 | (0) |
1946 |
Ireland (IFA) | 2 | (0) |
1949–1950 | → (amateur) | 2 | (0) |
Rugby union | |||
Irish Universities XV | |||
1942–1947 | Ireland | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan (10 June 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and
.In 1946 he played rugby for
O'Flanagan subsequently became an Olympic official and served on the International Olympic Committee from 1976 to 1994. On his retirement he was made an honorary lifetime member of IOC. He died in a Dublin hospital in 2006, at the age of 86, after being admitted for heart problems.
Sporting career
Early years
O'Flanagan attended
University years
In 1937 O'Flanagan began studying medicine at
It was while at UCD that O'Flanagan first took up rugby union, playing for the
London years
After qualifying as a doctor from
During the
Irish international
Soccer international
When O'Flanagan began his international soccer career in 1937 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations. Both associations, the Northern Ireland – based IFA and the Irish Free State – based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era, including O'Flanagan, played for both teams.
Between 1937 and 1947 O'Flanagan made 10 appearances and scored 3 goals for the
In 1939 O'Flanagan also played twice for the
Rugby international
In 1942, while playing for
Sports administrator and doctor
O'Flanagan returned to Dublin in the 1950s and established a successful practice at Upper Fitzwilliam Street. He briefly revived his soccer career with Bohemian and remained involved in sport throughout the rest of his life. During subsequent decades he served on numerous bodies and held various positions in the areas of sports and medicine. These include:
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Honours
Soccer Player
Bohemians
- Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup: 1
- Winners 1945
Footnotes
- ^ Cotton, p82
- ^ "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press". dib.cambridge.org. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- Football League Southare not counted as official first-class matches by statisticians, hence this is considered O'Flanagan's first-class league debut.
- ^ "O'Flanagan Dr Kevin Image 1 Arsenal 1946". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
References
- Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
- Cole, Rob (19 June 2006). "Obituary: Kevin O'Flanagan". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3)
- The Boys in Green – The FAI International Story (1997): Sean Ryan
- Soccer at War – 1939 – 45 (2005): Jack Rollin