Bernard Brogan Snr

Bernard Brogan, known as Bernard Brogan Snr, is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club and for the Dublin county team, mostly at midfield. He won three All-Ireland senior football medals in the 1970s. He was on the panel that won Dublin's first All-Ireland title since 1963 in 1974 but missed the semi-final and final through injury, was on the winning side against Kerry in the 1976 final, got the crucial goal when Dublin beat Kerry in the 1977 semi-final and collected his third medal a few weeks later when Dublin defeated Armagh in the final. He received an All Star for his performances in 1979 and also won two National Football League division one medals, in 1976 and 1978. He is the father of the former Dublin and St Oliver Plunketts footballers Paul, Bernard and Alan Brogan, and his brother Jim Brogan also played for Dublin during the seventies.