Brendan Barden Explained

Brendan Barden
Feet:6
Inches:1
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Longford
Province:Leinster
Clposition:Half back
Clubs:Clonguish
Clcounty:8
Counties:Longford
Icyears:1960s-1970s
Icposition:Half back
Icprovince:1
Nfl:1
Birth Place:County Longford, Ireland

Brendan Barden was a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He was part of the Longford team that won a National Football League title in 1966 as captain,[1] [2] an O'Byrne Cup in 1965 and a Leinster Senior Football title in 1968.[3] [4] In 1962 he played on the winning Leinster Railway Cup team.[5] [6] In 1966 he was a Leinster All-Star footballer[7] [8] and won a Cú Chulainn Award.

He won 8 Longford Senior Football Championship titles with his club Clonguish during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leinster's National Football League Winning Teams . 114 Years of Results . 220 . . 2014-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715023017/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P219_222_League.pdf# . 2015-07-15 . dead .
  2. Book: Scally, John . 2011 . 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning . Chapter 33: The Flying Flynn - Jimmy Flynn . Random House . 145–146 .
  3. Web site: Longford . . 2012-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120522212343/http://hoganstand.com/Longford/Profile.aspx# . 2012-05-22 . dead .
  4. Web site: Longford – Leinster Senior Football Champions 1968 . 114 Years of Results . 229 . . 2014-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233420/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P228_230_TeamPic.pdf . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  5. Web site: Individual Honours . Longford Gaelic Stats.
  6. Web site: Leinster Railway Cup Football Winning Teams . https://web.archive.org/web/20150614192009/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P189_195RailwayCupF.pdf . dead . 2015-06-14 . 114 Years of Results . . 2014-01-31 .
  7. Web site: Football All Stars '60s . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090913104522/http://gaa.ie/page/football_all_stars_60s.html . 2009-09-13.
  8. Web site: Leinster's All-Star Footballers (1963-1967) . 114 Years of Results . 233 . . 2014-01-31.