Tony Dunne

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Tony Dunne
Full name	Anthony Peter Dunne
Date of birth	July 24, 1941
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height	5'6"/1.68 m
Playing position	Left-Back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1958–60 1960–73 1973–79 1979	Shelbourne F.C. Manchester United F.C. Bolton Wanderers F.C. Detroit Express	18 (4) 530 (2)
National team
1962–75	Republic of Ireland	33
Teams managed
1979–81 1982–83	Bolton Wanderers F.C. Steinkjer F.C.
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Peter Dunne (born July 24, 1941 in Dublin) was an Irish football player who regularly appeared at left-back. He had 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962-1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969.

Dunne played for Shelbourne from 1958-1960. Having helped Shels win the FAI Youth Cup in 1959, he won the FAI Cup with them the following year, beating Cork Hibernians 2-0 in the final.

A week after the final, he was signed by Manchester United for £5000.^[1] His debut for United came on 15 October 1960 against Burnley. He helped the club win the 1963 FA Cup, the 1965 and 1967 English Football League First Division championships, and the 1968 European Cup. In his United career, he scored two goals and appeared in 530 games, and is currently the Manchester United player with the fifth greatest number of club appearances, behind Sir Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Ryan Giggs and Alex Stepney.

He left the club for Bolton Wanderers in August 1973. He helped Bolton win the Football League Second Division in 1977-1978. He joined Detroit Express in the NASL in 1979.

After retiring from professional football, Dunne returned to Bolton as a manager from 1979-1981. He then replaced Bill Foulkes as manager of Steinkjer F.C. in 1982-1983.

Currently, Dunne lives in Sale and runs a driving range in Altrincham.^[1]

[edit] Honours

FAI Cup: 1
- Shelbourne - 1960

Football League First Division: 2
- Manchester United - 1964/65, 1966/67

Football League Second Division: 1
- Bolton Wanderers - 1977/78

FA Cup: 1
- Manchester United - 1963

European Cup: 1
- Manchester United - 1968

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Cowie. A Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. – Dunne, Anthony Peter. Red11. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.

[edit] External links

Irish football greats @ fai.ie

Persondata
NAME	Dunne, Anthony Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dunne, Tony
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH