Brendan Barden

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Brendan Barden
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half back
Born County Longford, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Clonguish
Club titles
Longford titles 8
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1960s-1970s
 Longford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
NFL 1

Brendan Barden was a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He was part of the Longford team that won a National Football League title in 1966 as captain, [1] [2] an O'Byrne Cup in 1965 and a Leinster Senior Football title in 1968. [3] [4] In 1962 he played on the winning Leinster Railway Cup team. [5] [6] In 1966 he was a Leinster All-Star footballer [7] [8] and won a Cú Chulainn Award.

He won 8 Longford Senior Football Championship titles with his club Clonguish during the 1960s and 1970s.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Leinster's National Football League Winning Teams" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Scally, John (2011). "Chapter 33: The Flying Flynn - Jimmy Flynn". 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning. Random House. pp. 145–146.
  3. ↑ "Longford". Hogan Stand . Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Longford – Leinster Senior Football Champions 1968" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 229. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Individual Honours". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  6. ↑ "Leinster Railway Cup Football Winning Teams" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Football All Stars '60s". Gaelic Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Leinster's All-Star Footballers (1963-1967)" (PDF). 114 Years of Results. Leinster GAA. p. 233. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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