Mick O'Brien (footballer, born 1893)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Terrance O'Brien | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Ushaw Moor, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 1940 (aged 47) | ||
| Place of death | Uxbridge, Middlesex, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre half, forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911 | Walker Celtic | ||
| Wallsend | |||
| Blyth Spartans | |||
| 19xx–1914 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1914–1915 | Brentford | 9 | (3) |
| 1918–1919 | Alloa Athletic (trial) | ||
| 1919 | Norwich City | ||
| 1919–1920 | South Shields | 3 | (0) |
| 1920–1922 | Queens Park Rangers | 66 | (3) |
| 1922–1924 | Leicester City | 65 | (6) |
| 1924–1926 | Hull City | 74 | (0) |
| 1926 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 7 | (0) |
| 1926–1928 | Derby County | 3 | (0) |
| 1928–1929 | Walsall | 34 | (0) |
| 1929–1931 | Norwich City | 64 | (5) |
| 1931–1933 | Watford | 61 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1921–1927 | Ireland | 10 | (0) |
| 1927–1932 | Irish Free State | 4 | (0) |
| 1921 | English League XI | 1 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1933–1935 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1935–1936 | Brentford (assistant) | ||
| 1936–1937 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 1939–1940 | Cork City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Terrance O'Brien (10 August 1893 – 12 September 1940), commonly referred to as Mick O'Brien, was an Irish footballer and coach whose career took him to at least seventeen different clubs. A well built six footer, O'Brien was highly regarded as a centre-half. O'Brien was a dual international and played for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI. In April 1927 O'Brien made his debut for the FAI XI, four days after he made his last appearance for the IFA XI. During the 1930s O'Brien managed both Queens Park Rangers and Ipswich Town.
O'Brien did not play soccer until he was 18 when his family settled in South Shields in Tyne and Wear. He then played for several clubs in the North East of England, including Blyth Spartans, before attracting the interest of Celtic. However, after failing to make it into the Celtic first team he joined Brentford in December 1914. During the First World War, O'Brien served in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Flying Corps.
Between 1919 and 1933, O'Brien went on to make 370 English League appearances, scoring 19 goals, for eight different clubs. These included Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Hull City, Walsall, Norwich City and Watford. Although best known as a centre half, he was also capable of playing in the forward line and, while playing as an inside-left, he scored twice for an English League XI against a British Army XI in 1921 In 1926 he also had a brief spell playing for Brooklyn Wanderers, making 7 appearances in the American Soccer League.
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