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Irish footballer and manager
Turlough O'Connor
(born 22 July 1946 in Athlone) is a former
Irish
association footballer
and manager. He is a member of the
Bohemians
Hall of Fame.
His two brothers
Padraig O'Connor
and
Michael O'Connor
also played for Athlone Town.
Playing career
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He has spells as player at
Limerick F.C.
, where he made a scoring debut in a
League of Ireland Shield
game at Sligo on 25 August 1963,
Bohemians
,
Fulham
, Bohemians again,
Dundalk
and
Athlone Town
. He made 191 league appearances (scoring 120 times) and 15 appearances in European competition for Bohs (scoring 1 goal) against
Rangers
in the
European Cup
[1]
. He was top scorer in the
League of Ireland
in 1973/74 and 1977/78. O'Connor scored 24 times in 29 league appearances in the latter season.
[2]
He was Bohemian's top scorer in 7 different seasons, his first being in 1964/65 when he scored 8 goals in just 7 games.
[3]
As of the end of the 2012 season, O'Connor is fourth in the all time
League of Ireland
goalscoring chart with 178 league goals.
[2]
- 120 with Bohemians, 54 with Dundalk, 4 with Athlone. He also netted 15 goals in the
FAI Cup
(14 with Bohs, 1 with Dundalk) and 2 goals for the Irish full international team. O'Connor was capped twice at youth level.
Managerial career
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He was also a very successful manager and has managed
Athlone Town
,
Dundalk
and
Bohemians
. His best period as manager came during his 5-year tenure at
Athlone Town
where the League Championship was won twice and the League Cup was won three times, with the Tyler All-Ireland Cup also making its way to St. Mels Park. O'Connor then took over
Dundalk
in time for the 1985/86 season. He picked up more silverware during his time at Dundalk winning 2 League Championships, an FAI Cup and 2 League Cups until he left
Oriel Park
in October 1993. He was not out of football long as he returned to Bohemians on 14 December 1993 where he stayed until the summer of 1998. During this time he also managed the
Republic of Ireland under-17 team
in the
1994 European Under-16 Championship
held in Ireland in May 1994.
Career statistics
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International goals
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Honours as player
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Honours as manager
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