Paddy Crowley was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 soccer player who was born in Dublin.

Crowley played his youth football with Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra...

 and was a league winner at Under 16, Under 17 and Under 18 levels. When he graduated to senior level, he captained Home Farm's second team to league success before leading the first team to the AUL 1st Division title. He signed for Drogheda for a year before moving to Bohemians

Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...

 along with team-mate Paddy Levins.

He made his debut for Bohs at left full away to Transport

Transport F.C.

Transport F.C. were a football club in Ireland who played in the League of Ireland for fourteen seasons from 1948/49 to 1961/62.During their time in the League of Ireland, Transport played their home matches for the first three seasons in the Carlisle Grounds in Bray, Co...

in February 1955. That ended in a 2-1 win for Bohs. He began the 55/56 season at Bohs before joining Ierne where he stayed for 10 years, captaining the team during that spell.

He died in Beaumount Hospital after a short illness on April 2 2006.