Patrick Joseph Curran, known as Pat Curran or sometimes Joe Curran (13 November 1917 – December 2003) was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

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 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 ...

, Curran played for St Joseph's Boys, Sunderland St Patrick,

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 The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

. 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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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 {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub