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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Timothy Alfred Coffey | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 8 November 1999 | (aged 71)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Drumcondra | |||
International career | |||
1949 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Timothy Alfred Coffey (20 February 1928 – 8 November 1999) [1] was an Irish soccer player.
He played for Drumcondra at club level and was a great favourite with the Drumcondra fans in the 1940s and 1950s. A wing-half, he won a League of Ireland winners medal in 1948/49 and a FAI Cup winners medal in 1954.
On 9 October 1949, he won his only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team when he lined out in defence in a 1–1 draw with Finland in a World Cup qualification tie played in Helsinki. Coffey laid on the opening goal for Irish skipper Peter Farrell. He also represented the League of Ireland.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2009) |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Timothy Alfred Coffey | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 8 November 1999 | (aged 71)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Drumcondra | |||
International career | |||
1949 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Timothy Alfred Coffey (20 February 1928 – 8 November 1999) [1] was an Irish soccer player.
He played for Drumcondra at club level and was a great favourite with the Drumcondra fans in the 1940s and 1950s. A wing-half, he won a League of Ireland winners medal in 1948/49 and a FAI Cup winners medal in 1954.
On 9 October 1949, he won his only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team when he lined out in defence in a 1–1 draw with Finland in a World Cup qualification tie played in Helsinki. Coffey laid on the opening goal for Irish skipper Peter Farrell. He also represented the League of Ireland.