Patrick Joseph Curran, known as Pat Curran or sometimes Joe Curran (13 November 1917 – December 2003) was an English professional
footballer
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who played as an
inside forward
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...
.
Career
Born in
Sunderland
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, Curran played for St Joseph's Boys, Sunderland St Patrick,
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
,
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
,
Watford
Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne.
Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...
and
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
Th ...
.
For Sunderland, he made 1 appearance in
the Football League
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.
For Ipswich, he made 7 appearances in the Football League, scoring 1 goal; he also made 2 other first-team appearances.
He played for Bradford City between June 1947 and 1948. He made 5 appearances in the Football League for them, scoring 1 goal.
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References
1917 births
2003 deaths
English men's footballers
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Ipswich Town F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football inside forwards
Footballers from Sunderland
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