Paddy Sheriff Explained

Paddy Sheriff
Nationality:Irish
Sport:Basketball
Birth Date:15 October 1926
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Mullingar, Ireland

Paddy Sheriff (15 October 1926  - 27 November 1990) was an Irish basketball player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 1990, he died in a road traffic incident along with his son Padraig at Gneevebawn Hill near Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, while driving to Dublin from Galway.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paddy Sheriff . Olympedia . 18 March 2022.
  2. Paddy Sheriff Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110353/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/paddy-sheriff-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 15 June 2018.
  3. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7099