Emmet McLoughlin

{{short description|Irish footballer}}

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| name = Emmet McLoughlin

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| fullname = Emmet McLoughlin

| birth_date = 6 October 1922

| birth_place = Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|2|26|1922|10|6|df=y}}

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| position = Inside-right

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Moville Celtic

| years1 = 1943 | clubs1 = Bohemians | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1944 | clubs2 = St James's Gate | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1944–1945 | clubs3 = Dundalk | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1945–1946 | clubs4 = Shelbourne | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1948 | clubs5 = Derry City | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1948 | clubs6 = UCD | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 1948–1949 | clubs7 = Bohemians | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 1950 | clubs8 = Derry City | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 1951 | clubs9 = Portadown | caps9 = | goals9 =

| nationalyears1 = 1948

| nationalteam1 = Ireland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1951

|nationalteam2 = Ireland Amateur

|nationalcaps2 = 3

|nationalgoals2 = 0

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Emmet McLoughlin (6 October 1922 – 26 February 1988) was an Irish amateur football player who represented Ireland at the 1948 London Olympic Games.[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf London Games Official Record] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035822/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf |date=16 July 2011 }}, p567 (p751 of the PDF version) He also represented the Ireland Amateur team selected by the IFA.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25898 |title=Emmet McLoughlin |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 October 2021}}

McLoughlin came from Inishowen in County Donegal and grew up in and around the towns of Moville and Carndonagh. However, some sources give his birthplace as Derry. At the time of the 1948 Olympics he was a medical student at University College Dublin and was attached to the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin. In January 1948 he played for the hospital football team in a challenge match against Belfast's Mater Infirmorum Hospital at Celtic Park. At the time of the Olympics, McLoughlin is listed as a UCD player.

On 26 July 1948 he played as an inside-right for Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Football Tournament. He featured in the 3–1 defeat against the Netherlands played at Fratton Park.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208200028/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/matches/match=32409/report.html www.fifa.com] Brendan O'Kelly, who scored Ireland's only goal, like McLoughlin, also played for Bohemians and UCD.

McLoughlin joined Portadown in 1951, scoring on his début against Crusaders on 27 January 1951. While at Portadown he represented the Ireland Amateur team on three occasions, played in games against England, Scotland and the Gold Coast.

McLoughlin later emigrated to England.