Description
Anthony Peter Dunne, Irish football player who regularly appeared at left-back. He had 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962?1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969.
Dunne played for the famous Nursery Stella Maris Football Club as a schoolboy Shelbourne from 1958?1960. Having helped Shels win the FAI Youth Cup in 1959, he won the FAI Cup with them the following year, beating Cork Hibernians 2?0 in the final.
A week after the final, he was signed by Manchester United for �5000. His debut for United came on 15 October 1960 against Burnley. He helped the club win the 1963 FA Cup, the 1965 and 1967 English Football League First Division championships, and the 1968 European Cup. In his United career, he scored two goals and appeared in 530 games, and is currently the Manchester United player with the seventh greatest number of club appearances, behind Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Alex Stepney.
He remained at Old Trafford until the start of the 1973?74 season. He then signed for Bolton Wanderers, helping them win the Football League Second Division in 1977?78.
Born
July 24th, 1941 in Dublin / Died: Jun 8th, 2020
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Last Changes
2023/03/16
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2016/09/26
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))
2016/08/19
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))