Frank Glennon (4 January 1919 – 1 April 1992) was an Irish
soccer
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player who played in the
League of Ireland during the 1940s.
Glennon played for
Bohemians
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and
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
amongst others during his career in the
League of Ireland. He joined the
Milltown club for the 1945/46 season. Together with
Brendan O'Kelly
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. ...
, he represented
Ireland
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at the
1948 Olympic Games.
Honours
Shamrock Rovers
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FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...
: 1
** 1948:
*
Inter-City Cup: 1
** 1945/46
*
Dublin City Cup
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: 1
** 1947/48
*
Represented Ireland in
1948 Olympic Games
References
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1919 births
1992 deaths
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
League of Ireland players
Bohemian F.C. players
Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic association footballers for Ireland
Irish Olympic Council men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
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