Paddy Dunne (Gaelic footballer)

Paddy Dunne was a Gaelic football player from Park in County Laois. He played for many years on the Laois senior football team in the centre half back position and was widely regarded as one of the outstanding players in Ireland in the 1950s. With his club Park he was captain as they won two Laois Senior Football Championship titles, in 1952 and 1953. Called up to the Laois team in 1949 after outstanding performances for his club, he was centre back on the Laois team that was narrowly beaten by Meath in the 1951 Leinster Football Final, and he was still there in his famous number 6 jersey when Laois suffered another agonising defeat in the 1959 Leinster Football Final. He also played for Leinster, winning three consecutive Railway Cup medals in 1952, 1953 and 1954, all on the field of play.