Pat Daly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 December 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 2003 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | (0) |
| 1949–1951 | Aston Villa | 3 | (0) |
| 1951–1954 | Shamrock Rovers | 48 | (0) |
| 1954–1956 | Transport | 41 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pat Daly (4 December 1927 – 1 January 2003) was an Irish footballer who played as a centre half.
Career
He joined Shamrock Rovers in 1948 as a defender. He also had a brief spell in England with Aston Villa in the 1949–50 season playing just three games for the Birmingham-based club.
He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 8 September 1949 in a 3–0 win over Finland in Dalymount Park, Dublin in a World Cup Qualifying game. Daly's appearance that day was shrouded in controversy, however. The FAI had unwittingly infringed the rules of the World Cup tournament by bringing on a substitute, which at the time, prohibited players being replaced.
Daly represented the League of Ireland XI on 3 occasions while at Glenmalure Park.
Sources
- Paul Doolan; Robert Goggins. The Hoops. ISBN 0-7171-2121-6.