Pat Dunne
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Dunne | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 25 September 2015 | (aged 72)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1959–1960 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1962 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
1962–1964 | Shamrock Rovers | 29 | (0) |
1964–1967 | Manchester United | 45 | (0) |
1967–1970 | Plymouth Argyle | 152 | (0) |
1967 |
→ Boston Rovers (loan) | 12 | (0) |
1970–1978 | Shamrock Rovers | 158 | (2) |
1978–1980 | Thurles Town | ? | (0) |
1980–1981 | Shelbourne | 2 | (0) |
Total | ? | (2) | |
International career | |||
1965–1966 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
1966 | Republic of Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Patrick "Pat" Dunne (9 February 1943 – 25 September 2015) was an Irish professional football goalkeeper. He played internationally for the Republic of Ireland and professionally in both Republic of Ireland and England.
Dunne played in Dublin with
He left Milltown to join Manchester United in May 1964 for a fee of £10,500, winning a league title medal in his first season. Dunne made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in a World Cup qualifier against Spain at Dalymount Park in May 1965. He played in the first ever Republic of Ireland U23 game in 1966
In February 1967 he joined Plymouth Argyle, costing the Devon side £5,000. Dunne was Argyle's player of the season in 1967–68. Pat was a guest player on Rovers' American tour in the summer of 1967 where he was voted goalkeeper of the tournament.
He rejoined Rovers in November 1970. He became the first player to be shown a red card in League of Ireland football when he was sent off on 1 September 1974 in a League Cup match against Shelbourne. During this time he even started taking penalties for the club scoring one against Cork Hibs on 10 December 1972.
Pat Dunne travelled to Japan in September 1975 with the Rovers team that played three matches on that tour and they beat the Japanese international side 3–2 in one of them. He vied with
On the international front Pat made one Under-23 appearance for his country, against France in 1965. In total he won five full caps, three against Spain, and kept one clean sheet.
Pat's son Derek, also a goalkeeper, played briefly for
In 2004 Dunne was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Shamrock Rovers. On 5 November 2004, Dunne collapsed on the pitch during the warm up before the match against local rivals Bohemians.[1]
In October 2006 Dunne was sued over allegations of assault.[2]
Dunne died on 25 September 2015 after a short illness.[3]
Honours
- League of Ireland: 1
- Shamrock Rovers1963/64
- FAI Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers1964
- League of Ireland Shield: 1
- Shamrock Rovers– 1963/64
- Leinster Senior Cup (football): 1
- Shamrock Rovers– 1963/64
- Dublin City Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers– 1963/64
- President's Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers– 1962/63
- Hall of Fame
- Shamrock Rovers– 1997/98
- Football League First Division: 1
- Manchester United– 1964/65
- FA Charity Shield: 1
- Manchester United - 1965 (shared)[4]
References
- ^ Dunne recovering after pitch collapse
- ^ Patient paid damages after sex attack claims (Registration required)
- ^ FAI pays tribute to the late Pat Dunne
- ^ "1965/66 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.