Pat Brady (footballer)
{{Short description|Irish footballer (1936–2020)}}
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Patrick Brady (11 March 1936 – 24 August 2020) was an Irish professional footballer who played with Millwall, QPR and Gravesend & Northfleet.
Playing career
Brady was signed by Millwall in 1959 from Home Farm. His brother Ray had joined Millwall in 1957. Brady moved with his brother Ray to QPR in 1963.{{cite book|title=Soccer Who's Who|author=Maurice Golesworth|publisher=The Sportsmans Book Club|year=1965}}
Brady signed by Alec Stock for QPR from Millwall in 1963 and made his debut in October of that year against Hull City. In all Brady made 62 league appearances for QPR.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/qpr.html |title=QUEENS PARK RANGERS : 1946/47 – 2008/09 |publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database |accessdate=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219000017/http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/qpr.html |archivedate=19 December 2013 }} He finished his playing career at Gravesend & Northfleet.{{cite web |url=https://www.the42.ie/pat-brady-rip-5186033-Aug2020/ |title= Pat Brady – former Millwall and QPR defender and brother of Liam – has died |publisher=The42| website = the42.ie| date = 25 August 2020 | accessdate= 27 August 2020 }}
Personal life
His brothers Ray and Liam and his great uncle Frank Brady Sr. were all Irish internationals. Another brother Frank Brady Jr played for Shamrock Rovers.
In the 1970s, he spent some time as an Economics teacher at Brockley County Grammar School in south east London.
He also taught General Education at Paragon boys school in the late 1970s.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Brady died on 24 August 2020 after a long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/former-millwall-and-qpr-defender-pat-brady-dies-aged-84-1.4338499 |title= Former Millwall and QPR defender Pat Brady dies aged 84 |accessdate=27 August 2020 |work=The Irish Times}}{{cite web |url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/brady-patrick/57513721 |title= BRADY, Patrick : Death notice |accessdate=3 September 2020 |work=The Irish Times}}
References
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Category:Association footballers from Dublin (city)
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Home Farm F.C. players
Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen
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