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Name: William Thomas Smyth Born: c.1925, Belfast Died: 14 January 2005, Belfast Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 11.02 st Position: Goalkeeper Representative Honours: Ireland: 4 Full Caps (1948-1953) ; Irish League: 13 Caps (1947-1953) ; Northern Regional League: 2 Caps (1947) . Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Runner-Up 1951/52 ; Irish Cup Runner-Up 1945/46, 1949/50 ; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1945/46 , Runner-Up 1952/53 ; Gold Cup Runner-Up 1947/48 ; Dublin & Belfast Inter-City Cup Runner-Up 1947/48 ;  (with Ards) Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1955/56 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Balmoral United - - - - - - Distillery 44/45-54/55 - - *354/0 - - Ards - Feb-55 - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - * all games Biography: The son of former Belfast...

Name: Francis J. Montgomery Born: c.1926, Coleraine Died: 26 July 1993 (age 67), Coleraine Height: 5.10 ft Weight: 11.00 st Position: Right-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1954) , 12 Amateur Caps (1951-1955) ; Irish League: 3 Caps (1953-1954) . Club Honours: (with Coleraine) City Cup Winner 1953/54 . Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Coleraine Villa - - - - - - Coleraine - Oct-53 Amateur * 348/5 - - TOTALS £- 348/5 - - * All domestic games. Biography: Frank "Bunty" Montgomery was a highly rated full-back who many observers reckoned could have made it in England had he preferred to move across the water. Malcolm Brodie noted of him: "A sound positional player, he kicks accurately with either foot, and displays, when the need arises, excellent ball control." ...

Name: Bernard Donaghey Born: 23 December 1882, Londonderry Died: 1 July 1916, KIA Somme (France) Height: 5.04 ft Weight: 10.10 st Position: Inside-Left Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1902) ; Irish League: 2 Caps (1902-1905) ; Derry representative. Club Honours: (with Derry Celtic) North-West Senior Cup Winner 1900/01, 1901/02 ; (Belfast Celtic) City Cup Runner-Up 1902/03 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Derry Celtic 00/01-01/02 - - / 3 /2 - Ulster 01/02 Apr-02 - - - /1 Belfast Celtic 02/03-03/04 - - / 8 /1 - Glentoran 03/04 Feb-04 - * 2/ 0 - - Hibernian 04/05 - - 15/ 8 2/0 - Derry Celtic 05/06 - - - - - Manchester Utd 05/06 Nov-05 - ...

NIFG takes a looks at Northern Ireland football's recipients of "Gongs from the Palace"... Sir James Campbell Percy (year?) James Small OBE (year?) William Eames  CBE (year?) Sir  James Wilton  KBE (1937) Pat Jennings  OBE (1976) MBE (1986) KSG* (1999) CBE ( 2023 ) Peter McParland  MBE (year?) Billy Bingham  MBE (June 1981) Martin O'Neill  MBE (1982) OBE (January 2004) Bertie Peacock  MBE (1986) Sammy McIlroy  MBE (year?) Harry Gregg  MBE (June 1995) OBE (January 2019) David Healy  MBE (June 2008) Jimmy McIlroy MBE (January 2011) Pat Rice MBE (January 2013) Noel Bailie MBE (June 2013) Michael O'Neill MBE (January 2017) Steven Davis  MBE (June 2017) Sara Booth MBE (June 2018) Charlie Fogarty MBE (2018) NI Schoolboy and Cerebral Palsy international Gareth McAuley (January 2019) Julie Nelson BEM ( June 2021 ) Gail Redmond MBE ( Jan 2023 ) Jonny Evans MBE ( June 2023 ) * Saint Gregory (KSG), a Papal ho...

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