Paddy Moclair

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| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Paddy Moclair

| irish = Pádraig Mocléir

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| occupation = Bank clerk / Publican

| county = Mayo

| province = Connacht

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| clubs = Castlebar Mitchels
Ballina Stephenites

| clyears = 1929–1943

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| clcounty = 9

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| counties = Mayo

| icposition = Full-forward

| icyears = 1930–1942

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| icprovince = 7

| icallireland = 1

| nfl = 6

| allstars = 1

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| birth_date= 1 September 1907

| death_date= 9 May 1983 (aged 75)

| birth_place=Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland

| death_place=Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

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Paddy Moclair (1 September 1907 – 9 May 1983) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-forward and as a full-back at senior level for the Mayo county team.{{cite news|url=http://www.con-telegraph.ie/opinion/auld-stock/1792-jb-morans-corner-matchmaking-in-the-snug-madame-levantes-orchestra|title=Paddy Moclair, superstar|date=1 December 2010|newspaper=Connaught Telegraph|accessdate=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213095317/http://www.con-telegraph.ie/opinion/auld-stock/1792-jb-morans-corner-matchmaking-in-the-snug-madame-levantes-orchestra|archive-date=13 February 2011|url-status=dead}} After retiring from Gaelic football he was a leading greyhound trainer.{{cite book|last=Fortune|first=Michael|title=Irish Greyhound Derby 1932–1981|publisher=Victory Irish Promotions Ltd}}

Gaelic football career

Moclair joined the team during the 1930 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the conclusion of the 1942 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, seven Connacht medals, six National League medals and one All-Time All Star Award.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Mayo/Profile.aspx|title=Mayo GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=13 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702202421/http://www.hoganstand.com/Mayo/Profile.aspx|archivedate=2 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}

Moclair experienced a fourteen-year club career with Castlebar Mitchels and Ballina Stephenites, winning nine county championship medals.

Retirement

After retiring from Gaelic football he took up the training of racing greyhounds and gained a good reputation. His training career culminated in winning the 1948 Irish Greyhound Derby with a greyhound called Western Post on 4 September 1948.{{cite book|last=Genders|first=Roy|title=NGRC book of Greyhound Racing|page =261|year=1990|publisher=Pelham Books Ltd|isbn=0-7207-1804-X}}{{cite journal|last=Fortune|first=Michael|title=The 75 Years History of the Irish Greyhound Derby|journal=Irish Greyhound Review|issn=0332-3536}}