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Brendan O'Kelly (10 June 1928 – 24 October 2017) was a soccer player who played in the 1940s in the League of Ireland. O'Kelly was an attacking player on the amateur Bohemians of the 1940s. He later went on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers. O'Kelly represented Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games scoring Ireland's goal.

Off the field, Brendan was a Harvard University graduate and was appointed chairman of Bord Iascaigh Mhara in 1963.

Honors

• Represented Ireland in 1948 Olympic Games

External links

• O'Kelly at the Olympic Games

References

1. "Brendan O'Kelly". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. Bohemian FC match programme Vol. 59 No. 12
3. "Archived copy". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

v t e Ireland football squad – 1948 Summer Olympics
GK Brennan GK Lawler DF Glennon (c) DF Richardson MF Barry MF Brown MF Collins MF Farrell MF Kavanagh MF Morris MF O'Grady FW Boland FW Cleary FW McDonald FW McGonagle FW McLoughlin FW O'Kelly FW Smith Coach: Carey

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