Pat Delaney (footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Pat Delaney

| image=

| fullname= Patrick James Delaney

| height= 6ft 0in

| position= Central defender

| birth_date={{birth year and age|1940}}

| birth_place=Cleland, Scotland

| death_date=

| death_place=

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1= –

| clubs1= Douglas Water Thistle

| caps1= | goals1=

| years2= 1959–1966

|clubs2= Motherwell

| caps2= 164 | goals2= 22

|years3= 1966–1968[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/dunfermline/dunfermline.html Dunfermline Athletic 1946/47 - 2013/14], Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

|clubs3= Dunfermline Athletic

| caps3= 29 | goals3= 9

| years4= 1968–1969[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/clyde/clyde.html Clyde 1946/47 - 2013/14], Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

|clubs4= Clyde

| caps4= 13 | goals4= 2

| years5= 1969–1972[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/airdrie/airdrie.html Airdrieonians 1946/47 - 2013/14], Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

| clubs5= Airdrieonians

| caps5= 62 | goals5= 1

|years6= 1972–1973[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/clydebank/clydebank.html Clydebank 1966/67 - 2001/02], Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

|clubs6= Clydebank

| caps6= 13 | goals6= 1

| years7= 1973–1974[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/albion/albion.html Albion Rovers 1946/47 - 2013/14], Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

|clubs7= Albion Rovers

| caps7= 17 | goals7= 0

| totalcaps= 298 | totalgoals= 35

|nationalyears1= 1964{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lITgDAAAQBAJ&dq=1964+%22scotland+XI%22+v+%22scottish+league&pg=PT215|title=Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s|author=Ronnie McDevitt|year=2016|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781785312458}}

| nationalteam1 = SFA trial v SFL

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Patrick James Delaney (born 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played for several clubs, primarily Motherwell[http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/d/pat-delaney/ Pat Delaney], MotherWELLnet and Airdrieonians, as a central defender – though he began his career as a centre forward and could also play at full-back. He was Motherwell's 'player of the year' in the 1964–65 season.{{cite web | url=http://www.motherwell-mad.co.uk/feat/ed22/the_player_of_the_year_list_450142/index.shtml | title=Motherwell FC Player of the Year List | website=Motherwell Mad | date=30 June 2020 | accessdate=7 July 2020}}

His father Jimmy Delaney and his nephew John Kennedy were also footballers, both of whom played for Celtic and Scotland.[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/other_football/13263996.amp/ Now You Know: Faddy's still in frame for Scots' honour roll], Evening Times, 19 September 2013