Brendan O'Kelly explained

Brendan O'Kelly (10 June 1928  - 24 October 2017) was a soccer player who played in the 1940s in the League of Ireland.^[1] O'Kelly was an attacking player on the amateur Bohemians of the 1940s. He later went on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[2] O'Kelly represented Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games scoring Ireland's goal.^[3]

Off the field, Brendan was a Harvard University graduate and was appointed chairman of Bord Iascaigh Mhara in 1963.

Honors

• Represented Ireland in 1948 Olympic Games

External links

• O'Kelly at the Olympic Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brendan O'Kelly . Olympedia . 22 October 2021.
2. Bohemian FC match programme Vol. 59 No. 12
3. Web site: Archived copy . www.fifa.com . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090208200028/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/matches/match=32409/report.html . 8 February 2009 . dead.