What Irish footballer joined Pacific Films in 1950?
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Pacific Films The Pacific Film Unit was established in Wellington, New Zealand in 1948 by ex-National Film Unit staff Alun Falconer and Roger Mirams. At this time most films produced in New Zealand were documentaries made by the government’s National Film Unit. In 1950 John O'Shea joined; Falconer left to pursue a career in China; and the company changed its name to Pacific Film Productions Ltd.
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John O'Shea John Francis O'Shea (born 30 April 1981) is an Irish footballer, who plays as a defender for Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland national team, where he serves as vice-captain. He is known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre.
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Jimmy O'Neill (footballer, born 1931) James Anthony O'Neill (13 October 1931 – 15 December 2007) was an Irish international football goalkeeper. He played 405 league games in a 17-year career in the Football League, and also won 17 caps for the Republic of Ireland. Though only 5 ft , he was able to use his acrobatic ability to save the ball.
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Phil Purdue Phil Purdue (born circa-1979 (age 37–38) ) is an Irish professional rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 2000s, and 2010s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Dublin University Football Club, and Clontarf FC, as a Number Eight, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Ireland, and at club level for Clontarf Bulls, and East Coast Eagles as a Prop .
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John McAlle John McAlle (born 31 January 1950) is a former professional footballer who spent the majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he played over 500 games.
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Pat Flanagan (English footballer) John Thomas "Pat" Flanagan (20 September 1889 – 31 August 1917) was an English footballer.
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1949–50 Irish League The Irish League in season 1949–50 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.
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Phil Hubbard (footballer) Philip John Hubbard (born 25 January 1949) is a former professional footballer.
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Randolph Jenkins Randolph Jenkins (born 5 September 1925) is an Irish former professional footballer. He made 20 appearances in the Football League for Gillingham and Northampton Town.
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1950–51 League of Ireland Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1950/1951 season.
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John McAndrew Seán Victor "John" McAndrew (8 July 1927 – 3 January 2013) is a former Gaelic footballer. Born in the County Mayo town of Bangor Erris, he was one of the longest surviving Mayo Gaelic footballers to hold All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medals. He was part of the 1950 and 1951 team, captained by Seán Flanagan, that won titles back-to-back those years at Croke Park, Dublin.
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Paddy Ratcliffe Patrick Christopher "Paddy" Ratcliffe (born 31 December 1919 – date of death unknown) was an Irish footballer who played as a full back.
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Frank Campbell (footballer, born 1950) Frank Campbell (born 23 December 1950) is a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1950–51 Dumbarton F.C. season Season 1950–51 was the 67th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 45th time, the Scottish Cup for the 56th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 5th time.
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1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 64th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
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Johnny Carey John James "Johnny" Carey (23 February 1919 – 22 August 1995), also known as Jackie Carey, was an Irish professional footballer and manager. As a player Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he retired as a player in 1953. He was also a dual internationalist, playing for and captaining both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1947 he also captained a Europe XI which played a Great Britain XI at Hampden Park. In 1949 he was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year and in the same year captained the FAI XI that defeated England 2–0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Carey was also the first non-UK player and the first Irishman to captain a winning team in both an FA Cup Final and the First Division. Like his contemporary Con Martin, Carey was an extremely versatile footballer and played in nine different positions throughout his career. He even played in goal for United on one occasion.
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Cork Athletic F.C. Cork Athletic Football Club is a former Irish football club based in Cork. They played in the League of Ireland between 1948 and 1957. They were the successor club of Cork United. When United quit the league in October 1948, Cork Athletic was immediately formed to take their place. Athletic won the league in 1950 and only lost the cup final against Transport after two replays. The following year they won a league and FAI Cup double after beating Shelbourne in a replay to win the cup. In 1953 they won the first all-Cork FAI Cup final, beating Evergreen United 2–1. Athletic also began the Cork tradition of fielding veteran English League players by recruiting Sunderland legend Raich Carter. The club eventually folded in 1957, due to financial problems. They were replaced in the League by Cork Hibernians.
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Pat McDonnell Patrick "Pat" McDonnell (born 18 March 1950) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team.
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Joe Campbell (footballer) Joseph "Joe" Campbell (28 March 1925, in Glasgow – 7 September 1980) was a Scottish professional association football player of the 1940s and 1950s. After failing to break into the first team with Celtic, he went on to play for Leyton Orient and Gillingham and made 17 appearances in The Football League.
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Phil McCarthy Phil McCarthy was a Kerry senior gaelic football player in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Paddy Carey Patrick Carey was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Dublin senior teams spanned ten seasons from 1919 until 1928.
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Jimmy Holmes (footballer, born 1953) James Paul Holmes (born 11 November 1953) is an Irish former professional footballer. Hailing from Meath Square in The Liberties he won 30 full international caps for the Republic of Ireland, scoring once.