Patrick James Delaney (born 1940) is a Scottish former
footballer
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who played for several clubs, primarily
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
[Pat Delaney]
MotherWELLnet and
Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...
, as a
central defender – though he began his career as a
centre 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 ...
and could also play at
full-back. He was Motherwell's 'player of the year' in the
1964–65 season.
His father
Jimmy Delaney
James Delaney (3 September 1914 – 26 September 1989) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. He had a 24-year playing career interrupted by World War II, his longest spells at club level were spent with Celtic in Scotland and ...
and his nephew
John Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
were also footballers, both of whom played for
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
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and
Scotland.
Now You Know: Faddy's still in frame for Scots' honour roll
Evening Times, 19 September 2013
References
1940 births
Date of birth uncertain
Living people
Scottish footballers
Footballers from North Lanarkshire
People from Cleland, North Lanarkshire
Association football central defenders
Scottish people of Irish descent
Douglas Water Thistle F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
Clydebank F.C. (1965) players
Albion Rovers F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
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