William O'Neill (often also referred to as "Billy") was a
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 ...
for
Dundalk F.C.
Dundalk Football Club ( ; ga, Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan) is a professional association football club that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of football in the Republic of Ireland. The club is based in Dundalk ...
and an Irish international, who played as a
defender.
International
O'Neill was capped eleven times for the
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between th ...
at senior level. His debut was in a 5–3 home defeat to
Netherlands
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on 8 December 1935.
with his final cap coming in a 1–1 draw away to Germany on 23 May 1939.
References
External links
Profile from soccerscene.ieProfile from Dundalk FC Who's Who
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Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Irish Free State men's association footballers
Irish Free State men's international footballers
Dundalk F.C. players
Ireland (FAI) men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
1916 births
1978 deaths
Sportspeople from Dundalk
Association footballers from County Louth