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Mick O'Brien

Name: Michael Terence O’Brien
Born: 10 August 1893, Ushaw Moor, Durham (England)*
Died: 21 September 1940, Uxbridge (England)
Height: 6.01½ ft
Weight: 13.07 st
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 10 Full Caps (1921-1927); Irish Free State: 4 Full Caps (1927-1932).


Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
Other
Walker Celtic
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wallsend
-
-
-
-
(North Eastern League)
Blyth Spartans
-
-
-
-
(North Eastern League)
Newcastle East End
-
-
-
-
-
-
Celtic
-
-
-
0/ 0
-
-
Brentford
14/15-19/20
Dec-14
-
-
-
-
Alloa Athletic
18/19
-
Trial
-
-
-
Norwich City
19/20
Aug-19
-
-
(Southern League)
South Shields
19/20
Dec-19
-
3/ 0
-
-
Q.P.R.
20/21-21/22
May-20
-
66/ 3
4/1
-
Leicester City
21/22-23/24
Mar-22
-
65/ 6
2/0
-
Hull City
24/25-25/26
Jun-24
-
74/ 0
6/1
-
Brooklyn Wanderers
1926
May-26
-
7/ 0
(American Soccer League)
Derby County
26/27-27/28
Dec-26
-
3/ 0
2/0
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Walsall
28/29
Jun-28
-
34/ 0
3/0
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Norwich City
29/30-30/31
c/s-29
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64/ 5
1/0
-
Watford
31/32-32/33
Jun-31
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61/ 5
10/1
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TOTALS
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£-
377/19
28/3
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Coaching Career:

Brentford (Assistant-Manager)
Middlesex County FA (Coach)
QPR (Manager) May/33 – Apr/35
Ipswich Town (Manager) May/36 – Aug/37

Biography:
To follow.


Wikipedia
Lives of the First World War
Ireland Cap Details:

26-02-1921 Scotland H L 0-2 BC
04-03-1922 Scotland A L 1-2 BC
01-04-1922 Wales... H D 1-1 BC
01-03-1924 Scotland A L 0-2 BC
15-03-1924 Wales... H L 0-1 BC
22-10-1924 England. A L 1-3 BC
28-02-1925 Scotland H L 0-3 BC
18-04-1925 Wales... A D 0-0 BC
13-02-1926 Wales... H W 3-0 BC
09-04-1927 Wales... A D 2-2 BC

Summary: 10/0. Won 1, Drew 3, Lost 6.


* Many sources claim O'Brien to have been born in Kilcock, Co. Kildare. It has been suggested that the man himself made the claim that he was born in Ireland in order to gain international recognition.

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