Pat Daly Explained

Pat Daly
Fullname:Patrick Daly
Birth Date:4 December 1927
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Ireland
Position:Defender
Years1:1948–1949
Years2:1949–1951
Years3:1951–1954
Years4:1954–1956
Clubs1:Shamrock Rovers
Clubs2:Aston Villa
Clubs3:Shamrock Rovers
Clubs4:Transport
Caps1:18
Caps2:3
Caps3:48
Caps4:41
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:3
Nationalyears1:1949
Nationalteam1:Republic of Ireland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Pat Daly (4 December 1927 – 1 January 2003), also known as Paddy Daly was an Irish former footballer who played as a centre half.

He joined Shamrock Rovers in 1948 as a defender. He also had a brief spell in England with Aston Villa in the 1949–50 season playing just three games for the Birmingham-based club.

He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 8 September 1949 in a 3–0 win over Finland in Dalymount Park, Dublin in a World Cup Qualifying game. Daly's appearance that day was shrouded in controversy, however. The FAI had unwittingly infringed the rules of the World Cup tournament by bringing on a substitute, which at the time, prohibited players being replaced.

Daly represented the League of Ireland XI on 3 occasions while at Glenmalure Park.

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