Benny Gaughran (Gaelic footballer), Date of Birth

    

Benny Gaughran (Gaelic footballer)

Gaelic football player

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1945

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Benny Gaughran (Gaelic footballer)

  • Bernard Laurence Gaughran (born 16 July 1945), better known as Benny Gaughran is a solicitor and Gaelic footballer.
  • He played Gaelic football at a senior level in four different decades starting in the 1960s with Clan na Gael (Louth), UCD (Dublin), Civil Service (Dublin) and St Sylvesters (Dublin) GAA clubs and was a member of the Louth Minor & Senior inter-county teams from the 1960s until the 1980s and the Dublin Over 40s team in the 1990s.
  • He received several All Stars nominations, and won an All-Ireland Club medal with UCD (Dublin), three Dublin Championship medals, a National League medal, a Railway Cup medal, a Sigerson’s medal (as captain) and many other honours.
  • He was also selected on numerous occasions for the combined universities’ teams and the Leinster team.His father, also called Benny Gaughran, was a professional soccer player during the 1930s and played for Bohemians, Celtic, Southampton, Sunderland, Rochdale and Dundalk.

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