Kevin O'Flanagan

Name: Dr. Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan
Born: 10 June 1919, Dublin
Died: 26 May 2006, Dublin
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: (Northern) Ireland: 2 "Victory" Caps (1946), 2 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1949-1950); Eire: 10 Full Caps / 3 Goals (1937-1947), Junior Representative (1937); League of Ireland Representative;
(at Rugby) Ireland: 1 Cap (1947), 2 Unofficial Caps (1942-1946); Leinster; Irish Universities.
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) FAI Cup Runner-Up 1944/45; Dublin-Belfast Inter City Cup Winner 1944/45.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other	War-Time
Home Farm	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-
Bohemians	35/36-44/45	-	Amat	*145/95	-	-	-
Arsenal	45/46-46/47	Aug-45	Amat	14/ 3	2/0	-	18/11
Corinthian-Casuals	-	-	Amat	-	(Isthmian League)
Barnet	-	-	Amat	-	(Athenian League)
Brentford	49/50	Nov-49	Amat	6/ 0	1/0	-	-
TOTALS		£-		165/98	3/0	-	18/11

* all games.

Rugby Career:
Teams
UCD
Lansdowne
London Irish

Biography:
Kevin O'Flanagan was a multi-talented sportsman. He was capped at international level in football and rugby, was a Gaelic footballer for Dublin Minors, an Irish champion at athletics, a scratch golfer and an accomplished tennis player. His younger brother, Mick, was also a dual-code international having represented southern Ireland at football and Ireland at rugby.

O'Flanagan, already an Éire Junior international, made his international bow at the age of just eighteen as the FAI's Ireland side drew 3-3 against Norway in a must-win World Cup qualifier. A win would have sealed qualification for the 1938 World Cup Finals in France, though the youngster made do with a goal (according to some sources the team's 50th) having had another ruled out for off-side in the opening minutes. He remained a regular for the FAI team until after the War.

As a teenager O'Flanagan had combined his association and Gaelic football codes with some success, that is until is daliances with the "foreign game" were discovered and the GAA issued him with the mandatory life-ban. It wasn't until he was studying medicine at University College, Dublin that he first tried his hand at rugby and he proved a natural, first earning selection for Leinster in 1940 and for an Ireland XV that faced the Army at Ravenhill two years later. In parallel with his successes in team sports he was a four-time Irish long-jump champion and Irish sprint champion at 60 and 100 metres.

O'Flanagan rose to captain the all-amateur Bohemians club and in 1945 his goalscoring, and that of brother Mick, fired the club to an FAI Cup Final appearance against Shamrock Rovers and a Intercity Cup Final win over Belfast Celtic. O'Flanagan did blot his copy book against Celtic as he was sent-off.

In 1945, after completing his studies, O'Flanagan took a medical post in Middlesex. He signed amateur forms with Arsenal, turning down a professional deal so that he could continue playing rugby. He scored on his Gunners debut in a 6-2 Football League South defeat by Charlton in October 1945 and finished the last War-Time season as the club's topscorer with eleven goals, mainly from the wing. He was also honoured by the IFA for the first time with selection for the Victory Internationals against Scotland and Wales.

Nicknamed "The Flying Doctor", with the oval ball O'Flanagan was turning out with London Irish and played for an Ireland XV against France on 26 January 1946 in an unofficial international. Two weeks later he missed out on an appearance against England at Lansdowne Road in the Five Nations as he was fog-bound in London.

O'Flanagan made his Football League-proper debut against Blackburn in a 3-1 defeat in September 1946 but played just fourteen times in that first post-War season due to work and, to a lesser extent, rugby commitments. In December 1947 he lined out for Ireland in a test match against a touring Australia side for his only full rugby cap.

Although he remained on the books at Highbury until 1949, O'Flanagan made no further appearances for Arsenal. He did play non-league football with Corinthian Casuals and Barnet, earning a first Amateur Ireland cap as centre-forward against England in February 1949. During the 1949/50 season he played with Brentford, and won a second Amateur cap, scoring a second half consolation from outside-right, before his playing career was ended by an ankle injury.

In 1948 O'Flanagan, who would have likely appeared at the Olympics of 1940 and 1944 had they not been cancelled due to the Second World War, was appointed to the British Olympic Medical Committee and so began a five decade association with the Olympic movement. With his own sporting days behind him, O'Flanagan became an acknowledge sports injury expert, worked with the Irish Olympic team and in 1976 was appointed to the International Olympic Committee.

Obituary

Ireland Victory Cap Details:
02-02-1946 Scotland...... H L 2-3
04-05-1946 Wales......... A W 1-0

Summary: 2/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
05-02-1949 England....... A W 1-0
04-02-1950 England....... H L 1-3 1 Goal

Summary: 2/1. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Eire (FAI) Cap Details:
07-11-1937 Norway........ H D 3-3 WCQ 1 Goal
18-05-1938 Czechoslovakia A D 2-2 FR
22-05-1938 Poland........ A L 0-6 FR
13-11-1938 Poland........ H W 3-2 FR
19-03-1939 Hungary....... H D 2-2 FR
18-05-1939 Hungary....... A D 2-2 FR. 2 Goal
23-05-1939 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR
30-09-1946 England....... H L 0-1 FR
02-03-1947 Spain......... H W 3-2 FR
04-05-1947 Portugal...... H L 0-2 FR

Summary: 10/3. Won 2, Drew 5, Lost 3.

League of Ireland Representative Games:
11-03-1939 Irish League... A W 2-1 1 Goal
17-03-1939 Scottish League H W 2-1
14-04-1941 NIR League..... A L 1-2 1 Goal
17-03-1944 NIR League..... H L 3-4
10-04-1944 NIR League..... A D 2-2
17-03-1945 NIR League..... H W 2-1
02-04-1945 NIR League..... A W 5-3 1 Goal

Summary: 7/3. Won 4, Drew 1, Lost 2.

Ireland Rugby International Caps:
06-12-1947 Australia..... H L 3-16

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Paddy Thunder

Name: Patrick J. Thunder
Born:
Died: 1947, Dublin
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Position: Left-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1911), 3 Amateur Caps (1908-1910); Irish League: 1 Cap (1910).
Club Honours: (with Bohs) Irish Cup Winner 1907/08, Runner-Up 1908/09, 1910/11; Leinster Senior Cup Winner.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	Other
Bohemians	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
Paddy Thunder was three times an Irish Cup finalist and on each occasion it took a replay to settle the tie.

In 1908 Thunder was part of the Bohemians side that faced Shelbourne in the first all-Dublin Irish Cup Final. The Shels, who were featuring in their fourth consecutive final, were heavy favourites and it was only thanks to two penalty saves by Bohs 'keeper Jack Hehir that the game finished 1-1 and went to a replay. The rematch, like the first, was held at Dalymount Park and Bohemians finished convincing 3-1 winners.

A year later and Bohemians again reached the Final where they faced Cliftonville at Windsor Park. An excellent performance by Thunder and his full-back partner Harry Curtis helped to nulify the Reds "home" advantage as the match finished scoreless. The replay at Dalyer saw the Bohs fail to make use of their "home" advantage and Cliftonville's victory was more convincing than the 2-1 scoreline suggests.

The second all-Dublin Irish Cup Final was played in 1911 with Bohemains once again facing Shelboune. Both teams had been struggling in the Irish League and it had taken the Bohs three matches to see off semi-final opponents Cliftonville to set-up an unlikey final tie. As with the previous final match-up between the two side the game was set for Dalymount, and as before it took to games to settle it only this time in the Shels favour; 0-0, 2-1.

Aside from Irish Cup and Leinster Cup successes with Bohemians, Thunder was also multi-honoured at representative level. Three times he appeared for Ireland Amateurs against England and on the occasion of his second cap, in November 1909, he helped the Irish to a 4-4 draw - the first time they had avoided defeat in this fixture. It got better a year later when the English visited Solitude and were defeated 3-2 despite holding a 2-1 half-time advantage.

Thunder also appeared for the Irish League against the Scottish League in 1910, the Scots running out 3-1 victors at Grosvenor Park. These appearances had done enough to convince the Full Ireland team selectors of Thunder's worth, and he was capped for the only time when Wales travelled to Windsor Park for an International Championship clash in January 1911. The Welsh returned home 2-1 victors.

Obituary kindly sourced by Gerard Farrell

Ireland Cap Details:

28-01-1911 Wales... H L 1-2 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Johnny McMahon

Name: John McMahon
Born: Londonderry
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Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1933), 7 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1929-1933); League of Ireland.
Club Honours: (with Bohs) League of Ireland Champion 1927/28, 1929/30; FAI Cup Winner 1927/28, Runner-Up 1928/29; League of Ireland Shield Winner.


Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Derry City	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bohemians	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
Prior to taking to the soccer field, Johnny McMahon had represented Derry at Gaelic football. Later, as a member of Bohemian's 1927/28 "clean sweep" side, he was noted as a goalscoring centre-half.

Capped seven times at Amateur level, McMahon marked his debut with a goal in a 7-2 reverse at the hands of England at Selhurst Park on 16 November 1929. The referee for that match was one Stanley Rous, later President of FIFA. McMahon twice captained Amateur Ireland in wins over England - 3-1 in 1930 and 4-3 in 1933.

McMahon was awarded a single full cap for Ireland, playing at right-half, in a surprise 2-1 win over Scotland at Parkhead in September 1933. As a result he became the only player with an FAI affiliated club to gain full international recognition from the IFA between 1921 and 1950. He is also the most recent Bohs player to have been capped by the IFA.

Away from football, McMahon enjoyed a long career with the Garda Síochána.

Ireland Cap Details:
16-09-1933 Scotland A W 2-1 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:

16-11-1929 England. A L 2-7 1 Goal
20-09-1930 Scotland A L 0-2
15-11-1930 England. H W 3-1 capt
14-11-1931 England. A L 2-3
23-01-1932 Scotland H W 4-0
28-01-1933 Scotland A L 1-5
18-02-1933 England. H W 4-3 capt

Summary: 7/1. Won 3, Drew 0, Lost 4.

Jack Hehir

Name: John C. Hehir (listed in some sources as J. C. O'Hehir)
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Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1910); Irish League: 2 Caps (1908-1909).
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) Irish Cup Winner 1907/08, Runner-Up 1908/09, 1910/11; Leinster Senior Cup Winner.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Bohemians	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A goalkeeper who honed his skills on the Gaelic field, Jack Hehir was Bohemians goalkeeper as they won the first all-Dublin Irish Cup Final win over Shelbourne. He saved two penalties, from Dick Merrigan and Billy Lacey, in an initial 1-1 draw before the replay was won 3-1.

He played in two further Irish Cup Finals, in a 1909 defeat by Cliftonville and in 1911 when Shelbourne enacted their revenge.

Hehir twice represented the Irish League – in 5-0 and 8-1 defeats by the Football League in 1908 and 1909. He won his only Ireland cap against Wales at the Racecours, Wrexham in 1910. The Welsh were convincing 4-1 winners, holding a 3-0 lead at half-time.

In 1915 he left Bohs to move to London "to take up an important appointment at the War Office."

Ireland Cap Details:
11-04-1910 Wales.. A L 1-4 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Courtesy of @gerrytastic

Denis Hannon

Name: Denis J. Hannon
Born: 31 January 1888, Athlone
Died: August 1971
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Position: Inside-Right

Representative Honours: Ireland: 6 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1908-1913), 5 Amateur Caps / 1 Goal (1907-1919); Irish Free State: 2 Caps (Paris Olympics 1924).
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) Irish Cup Winner 1907/08, Runner-Up 1908/09, 1910/11; (with Athlone) FAI Cup Winner 1923/24.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Bohemians	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Athlone Town	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:

Capped six times while a Bohemians player, Denis "Dinny" Hannon's greatest international honour came when he was in the veteran stage. In 1924, by then plying his trade in the fledgling League of Ireland with Athlone Town, he helped the Irish Free State to the quarter-finals of the 1924 Olympic Games football tournament.

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Ireland Cap Details:
15-02-1908 England. H L 1-3 BC 1 Goal 
14-03-1908 Scotland H L 0-5 BC
11-02-1911 England. A L 1-2 BC
18-03-1911 Scotland A L 0-2 BC
13-04-1912 Wales... A W 3-2 BC
15-02-1913 England. H W 2-1 BC

Summary: 6/1. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 4.

Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
07-12-1907 England A L 1-6
21-11-1908 England H L 1-5
19-11-1910 England H W 3-2 1 goal
05-10-1912 England H W 3-2 
15-11-1919 England A L 0-5

Summary: 5/1. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 3.

Irish Free State Appearances:
28-05-1924 Bulgaria... N W 1-0 Oly (second round)
02-06-1924 Netherlands N L 1-2 Oly (quarter-finals)

Summary: 2/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.

John Fitzpatrick

Name: John Fitzpatrick*
Born: 
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Position: Half-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 2 Full Caps (1896); Army Representative.
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1894/95; Leinster Senior Cup Winner.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Pontefract RC	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Bohemians	-	-	Amateur	-	-	-
Reading	-	Oct-1896	Amateur	(Southern League)
Millwall.Ath.	-	1897	Amateur	(Southern League)
TOTALS			£-	-	-	-

Biography:
The first Bohemians player to earn international recognition, James Fitzpatrick was appointed captain on his debut.

As well as an appearance in Bohemians' record 10-1 Irish Cup final defeat by Linfield in 1895, Fitzpatrick also collected a number of Leinster Cup winner's medals.

A regular soldier with the 15th King's Hussars, Fitzpatrick played rugby with Pontefract, where his father was stationed, as a teenager before being stationed to Ireland. Regarded as one of the best half backs in the army, when his regiment returned to England he was much sought after by professional teams. He elected to remain in the services, assisting Reading and Millwall when available, as well as the regimental team.

Fitzpatrick was also a British Army boxing champion in the mid-1890s.

Ireland Cap Details:
07-03-1896 England. H L 0-2 BC
28-03-1896 Scotland H D 3-3 BC

Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 1.

With thanks to Martin O'Connor, Cris Freddi and Chris Goodwin.

Previously thought to be Christopher James Fitzpatrick, born 19 December 1875.

Paddy Farrell

Paddy Farrell had a more traditional use for the "Dentist's Chair" than some more recent players...

Name: Patrick Farrell
Born: 2 February 1912, Athlone
Height: 5.08 ft
Weight: 10.08 st
Position: Inside-Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1938); Eire: 2 Full Caps (1937).
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) FAI Cup Winner 1935.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Home Farm	-	-	-	(Leinster League)
Bohemians	32/33-34/35	-	-	-	/2	-
Hibernian	35/36-38/39	-	£800	33/7	5/0	-
Alloa Athletic	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			£-	-	-	-

Biography:
Paddy Farrell began his career in Irish junior football with Home Farm before arriving in the League of Ireland with Bohemians. He was restricted to the reserves at Dalymount Park until early in the 1934/35 season when coach Billy Lacey spotted a fault in his running action. There followed intensive coaching sessions on the cinder track at Dalymount which successfully corrected the problem and saw Farrell promoted to the first eleven. As the Bohs set about on a run in the FAI Cup, Farrell found the net in a 5-2 second round win over Waterford and the winner in the semi-final replay against that season’s League champions, Dolphin.

The 1935 FAI Cup Final ended in a 4-3 victory for Bohs over Dundalk, the highest ever scoring final. More significantly Hibernian had seen enough to make Farrell a major target. His mother, a widow, had reservations about the move, but withdrew them when the terms of the deal became clear. As well as a £800 signing-on fee, Farrell was also to attend Edinburgh University where he would study dentistry, with Hibs paying the fees and arranging training so as not to interfere with his lectures.

In May 1937 Farrell earned his first international recognition, playing for Eire in wins over Switzerland, 1-0 in Berne, and France, 2-0 in Paris. The following season he was capped by the IFA for the only time, stepping into Peter Doherty’s boots, in a 1-0 victory over Wales.

At the outbreak of the Second World War Farrell joined the RAF, and after completing his service set up a dental practice in Hull.

Ireland Cap Details:
16-03-1938 Wales... H W 1-0 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Eire Cap Details:

17-05-1937 Switzerland A W 1-0 FR
23-05-1937 France..... A W 2-0 FR

Summary: 2/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 0.