Brendan Barden

Brendan Barden
Personal information
SportGaelic football
PositionHalf back
BornCounty Longford, Ireland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Clonguish
Club titles
Longford titles8
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1960s-1970sLongford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles1
NFL1

Brendan Barden was a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He was part of the Longford team that won a National Football League title in 1966 as captain,[1][2] an O'Byrne Cup in 1965 and a Leinster Senior Football title in 1968.[3][4] In 1962 he played on the winning Leinster Railway Cup team.[5] In 1966 he was a Leinster All-Star footballer[6][7] and won a Cú Chulainn Award.

He won a number of Longford Senior Football Championship titles with his club Clonguish during the 1960s and 70's.

He is the uncle of Longford footballers Enda Barden, Paul Barden, and David Barden.

References

  1. ↑ "Leinster’s National Football League Winning Teams" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 220. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  2. ↑ Scally, John (2011). "Chapter 33: The Flying Flynn - Jimmy Flynn". 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning. Random House. pp. 145–146.
  3. ↑ "Longford". Hogan Stand.
  4. ↑ "Longford – Leinster Senior Football Champions 1968" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 229. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  5. ↑ "Leinster Railway Cup Football Winning Teams" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  6. ↑ "Football All Stars 60's". Gaelic Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Leinster’s All-Star Footballers (1963-1967)" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 233. Retrieved 2014-01-31.

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