Jackie Hennessy

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Jackie Hennessy
Personal information
Full name John Hennessy
Date of birth (1940-10-05) 5 October 1940 (age 83)
Position(s) Utility
Youth career
1956–1957 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958 Cork Hibernians 2 (2)
1958–1966 Shelbourne 150 (39)
1966 Derry City ? (?)
1966–1969 St. Patrick's Athletic 49 (4)
1969–1970 South Coast United ? (?)
1970–1972 Derry City ? (?)
International career
1964–1968 Republic of Ireland 5 (0)
1960 Republic of Ireland B 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jackie Hennessy was an Irish footballer who played with St. Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne and Derry City during his career. [1] He also earned 5 international call-ups to the Republic of Ireland team, [2] debuting during the 1965-66 League of Ireland season against West Germany. [3] In 1960, he scored twice on his only Republic of Ireland B appearance. In 1962 Hennessy scored Shelbourne's first ever goal in European Competition in the 1962-63 European Cup against Sporting CP.

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References

  1. Jackie Hennessy at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Jackie Hennessy, international footballer". eu-football.info.
  3. "Statistics: Republic of Ireland". soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 2 March 2020.