Brendan Menton (1911 – 1 August 2002) was an Irish

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administrator and economist. Menton was a founding member of

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and later served as president of the Football Association of Ireland between 1980 and 1982. He also served on various

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committees. Born in

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, as a youngster Menton lived at 32 Home Farm Road in the Drumcondra /

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area of

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. During the 1920s Menton and his four brothers formed ''Home Farm Road'' in order to compete in a street football league organised by Leo Fitzmaurice, the brother of Trans-Atlantic aviator

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. In 1928 ''Home Farm Road'' merged with another team from this league, ''Richmond Road'', to form

Members of the Menton family have remained involved with the club ever since and Menton himself served as the club's honorary secretary. His brother Fr. Tom Menton also served as president of

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from 1960 to 1972, another brother Fr. John Menton was parish priest in

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. Menton studied economics and worked closely with

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as an economist in the Department of Finance during the 1950s and 1960s. He was married and fathered four sons and a daughter. One son, Kevin Menton, played

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tennis for

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/ref> while another Brendan Menton Jnr also became a football administrator. He was president of the

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between 1977 and 1980. He currently works with the

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on the Vision Asia football development project.

References

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