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'''Paddy Waters''' was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[soccer]] player during the 1940s.
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'''Patrick Mary Waters''' (31 January 1922 – 2 March 2004)<ref>{{Hugman|20588|accessdate=16 April 2017}}</ref> was an Irish [[soccer]] player during the 1940s and 1950s.


Waters played for [[Bohemian FC|Bohemians]] during the 40s in the [[Football League of Ireland|League of Ireland]] and was a member of the [[1945]] Bohemian [[Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup|Inter City Cup]] winning team against [[Belfast Celtic]] at [[Dalymount Park]]. He made 117 senior appearances for the club and scored 13 goals. In [[1946]] he moved to [[Glentoran]] and from there to [[Preston North End]]. He spent 3 years at [[Deepdale]] before moving to [[Carlisle United]] under the management of his former Preston team-mate, the legendary [[Bill Shankly]]. He retired from professional football in [[February]] [[1958]].
Waters began his career at Donore before moving to [[Bohemian FC|Bohemians]] in 1941. Paddy was a member of the 1945 Bohemian [[Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup|Inter City Cup]] winning team against [[Belfast Celtic]] at [[Dalymount Park]]. He made 117 senior appearances for the club and scored 13 goals.


In 1946 he moved to [[Glentoran]] and from there to [[Preston North End]]. He spent 3 years at [[Deepdale]] before moving to [[Carlisle United]] under the management of his former Preston team-mate, [[Bill Shankly]]. Shankly once said of Waters that "he could run like a hare, and tackle like a bear, he was as good a defender as there was." Waters retired from professional football in February 1958.
Paddy died in [[2004]].


==Honours==
==Honours==
*[[Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup|Inter City Cup]]
*[[Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup|Inter City Cup]]
** Bohemians - 1945
** Bohemians - 1945

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/paddywaters.html Newcastle Fans profile]


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[[Category:Men's association football central defenders]]
[[Category:Bohemian F.C. players]]
[[Category:Bohemian F.C. players]]
[[Category:Glentoran F.C. players]]
[[Category:Glentoran F.C. players]]
[[Category:Preston North End F.C. players]]
[[Category:Preston North End F.C. players]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Gretna F.C. players]]
[[Category:Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]]
[[Category:League of Ireland players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Ireland (IFA) men's wartime international footballers]]

Latest revision as of 14:26, 8 July 2023

Patrick Mary Waters (31 January 1922 – 2 March 2004)[1] was an Irish soccer player during the 1940s and 1950s.

Waters began his career at Donore before moving to Bohemians in 1941. Paddy was a member of the 1945 Bohemian Inter City Cup winning team against Belfast Celtic at Dalymount Park. He made 117 senior appearances for the club and scored 13 goals.

In 1946 he moved to Glentoran and from there to Preston North End. He spent 3 years at Deepdale before moving to Carlisle United under the management of his former Preston team-mate, Bill Shankly. Shankly once said of Waters that "he could run like a hare, and tackle like a bear, he was as good a defender as there was." Waters retired from professional football in February 1958.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Paddy Waters". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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