Pat Daly (4 December 1927 – 1 January 2003), also known as Paddy Daly was an Irish former footballer who played as a centre half.

Pat Daly
Personal information
Full name Patrick Daly
Date of birth (1927-12-04)4 December 1927
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 1 January 2003(2003-01-01) (aged 75)
Place of death Ireland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1949 Shamrock Rovers 18 (0)
1949–1951 Aston Villa 3 (0)
1951–1954 Shamrock Rovers 48 (0)
1954–1956 Transport 41 (3)
International career
1949 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He joined Shamrock Rovers in 1948 as a defender. He also had a brief spell in England with Aston Villa in the 1949–50 season playing just three games for the Birmingham-based club.

He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 8 September 1949 in a 3–0 win over Finland in Dalymount Park, Dublin in a World Cup Qualifying game. Daly's appearance that day was shrouded in controversy, however. The FAI had unwittingly infringed the rules of the World Cup tournament by bringing on a substitute, which at the time, prohibited players being replaced.

Daly represented the League of Ireland XI on 3 occasions while at Glenmalure Park.

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  • The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)

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