Brendan O'Kelly
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Brendan O'Kelly was a soccer player who played in the 1940s in the League of Ireland
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O'Kelly was an attacking player on the amateur Bohemians of the 1940s. He later went on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers. O'Kelly represented Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games
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Off the field, Brendan was a Harvard University
graduate and was appointed chairman of Bord Iascaigh Mhara
in 1963.
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
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O'Kelly was an attacking player on the amateur Bohemians of the 1940s. He later went on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers. O'Kelly represented Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games
Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Olympic Games title was won by Sweden, managed by Englishman George Raynor.-Summary:Sweden, whose Football Association forbade professionalism within domestic football, ran out as winners and only used 12 players throughout the entire tournament but there were exceptional performances put...
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Off the field, Brendan was a Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
graduate and was appointed chairman of Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Bord Iascaigh Mhara or BIM is the agency of the Irish State with responsibility for developing the Irish marine fishing and aquaculture industries....
in 1963.
Honors
- Represented IrelandIreland at the 1948 Summer OlympicsIreland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A dispute between rival Irish Athletics governing bodies saw many Irish athletes barred from taking part in the Athletics competitions...
in 1948 Olympic GamesFootball at the 1948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Olympic Games title was won by Sweden, managed by Englishman George Raynor.-Summary:Sweden, whose Football Association forbade professionalism within domestic football, ran out as winners and only used 12 players throughout the entire tournament but there were exceptional performances put...