Paddy McDonnell

Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McDonnell (29 April 1895 to 18 July 1977) was a Gaelic footballer and Gaelic games administrator. At club level he played with O'Tooles, a club in a golden age during his career, and he won nine Dublin Senior Football Championship medals between 1918 and 1928 and a tenth in 1931. He made his debut for the Dublin senior team during the 1919 championship and won three successive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals from 1921 to 1923, the first as a non-playing substitute, along with six Leinster medals. He also won Railway Cup medals with Leinster in 1928, 1929 and 1930, and earlier won the 1916 All-Ireland and Leinster Junior Football Championships. His brother Johnny McDonnell was also an All-Ireland medal winner with Dublin.