Kevin Moran
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Full name | Kevin Bernard Moran | ||
| Date of Birth | April 29, 1956 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Good Counsel | ||
| Position | - | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Good Counsel | ? -? | ||
| Inter County | |||
| County | Dublin | ||
| Position | - | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Dublin | 1975- 1977 | ||
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Leinster Titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland | 2 | ||
| All-Stars | 1 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Kevin Bernard Moran (born April 29, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish Gaelic football and soccer player. He is known for his time as a Dublin player, winning two All-Ireland senior football championships with them, and for his footballing career with Manchester United FC and Ireland. He was the first man to be sent off in an FA Cup Final. Kevin grew up in Rialto, Dublin until his early teens before he moved to the Long Mile Road in Walkinstown. While there he attended James' Street CBS and Drimnagh Castle CBS where Gaelic football was the dominant sport although soccer proved to be the sport he played on the streets while growing up.[1] During the period in which he played for UCD he had divided loyalties between the UCD soccer team and his football club Good Counsel, as both sports were then played on a saturday.
[edit] Gaelic Football
Moran was an inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin in Ireland. He won two All-Ireland Championship medals with Dublin in 1976 and 1977. The 1976 final was 3-8 to 0-10 victory over Kerry in Croke Park. The following years final was a 5-12 to 3-6 victory over Armagh in Croke Park. He famously helped Dublin to defeat Kerry — who had beaten Dublin in the 1975 final — in the 1976 final and again in the 1977 semi-final due to new tactics by Kevin Heffernan that hindered Kerry's tactic to pull defenders forward and take full advantage of the space behind the half back line.[2] Moran was awarded an All-Star for his performance in the 1976 championship.
Moran was also part of the 1976/77 side that won the National Football League for Dublin with a win over Derry in the final. He played his club football for Dublin based GAA club Good Counsel.
[edit] Soccer
In soccer, Moran played with Dublin side Pegasus. He was spotted by Billy Behan, a Manchester United scout. He reported to United manager Dave Sexton, and Moran signed for Manchester United in 1978. He made his senior debut on April 20, 1979 against Southampton. Playing as a central defender, he won FA Cup medals with the club in 1983 and 1985.
Moran is notable for being given a red card in the 1985 FA Cup Final against Everton, the first player ever to be sent off in an FA Cup final. TV cameras revealed that he had gone for the ball, and not for Peter Reid, in the offending tackle, and he was later presented with the winner's medal that had at first been withheld.
Moran left Old Trafford as a 32-year-old in the summer of 1988. He transferred to Sporting Gijon in Spain and two years later returned to English football playing a major part in Blackburn Rovers' promotion to the FA Premier League.
Moran made his debut for the Republic of Ireland against Sweden in 1980 and played a key role in Ireland's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain. He played 71 times for Ireland between 1980 and 1994, including the European Championships in 1988 in Germany and the World Cup in 1990 in Italy, and scored 6 goals. He was a member of the Irish squad at the World Cup in 1994 in the USA but did not play.
Moran retired from professional football in 1994 and currently works as a pundit on Irish television channel TV3.
| Dublin - All-Ireland Football Champions 1976 (19th title) | ||
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1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Driscoll | 3 S. Doherty;| 4 R. Kelleher | 5 T. Drumm | 6 K. Moran | 7 P. O'Neill | 8 B. Mullins | 9 B. Brogan | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 T. Hanahoe (Capt.) | 12 D. Hickey | 13 B. Doyle | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. McCarthy | Subs: F. Ryder | P. Gogarty | Manager: Kevin Heffernan |
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| Dublin - All-Ireland Football Champions 1977 (20th title) | ||
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1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Driscoll | 3 S. Doherty;| 4 R. Kelleher | 5 T. Drumm | 6 K. Moran | 7 P. O'Neill | 8 B. Mullins | 9 B. Brogan | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 T. Hanahoe (Capt.) | 12 D. Hickey | 13 B. Doyle | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. McCarthy | Subs: P. Reilly | A. Larkin | J. Brogan Manager: T. Hanahoe |
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Republic of Ireland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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1 Bonner | 2 Morris | 3 Staunton | 4 McCarthy | 5 Moran | 6 Whelan | 7 McGrath | 8 Houghton | 9 Aldridge | 10 Cascarino | 11 Sheedy | 12 O'Leary | 13 Townsend | 14 Hughton | 15 Slaven | 16 Sheridan | 17 Quinn | 18 Stapleton | 19 Kelly | 20 Byrne | 21 McLoughlin | 22 Peyton | Coach: Charlton |
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Republic of Ireland squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Bonner | 2 Irwin | 3 Phelan | 4 Moran | 5 McGrath | 6 Keane | 7 Townsend | 8 Houghton | 9 Aldridge | 10 Sheridan | 11 Staunton | 12 G. Kelly | 13 Kernaghan | 14 Babb | 15 Coyne | 16 Cascarino | 17 McGoldrick | 18 Whelan | 19 McLoughlin | 20 D. Kelly | 21 McAteer | 22 A. Kelly | Coach: Charlton |
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