D.O.B. :17/10/1929
Place of Birth :Dublin
D.O.D. :13/02/2002
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Patrick "Paddy" Ambrose was a professional football player and coach from Dublin, Ireland.
Signed from junior side Clontarf, he was associated with Shamrock Rovers from 1948 to 1973, firstly as a player and then as a coach.
He was one of the club's best ever strikers. During his career at Rovers he scored 109 League goals. He was the leading scorer at the club in 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56 and 1960/61
When Rovers won the title in 1953/53, their first title for fifteen years, Paddy scored 13 goals. Paddy won a League medal with Shamrock Rovers four times, in 1953/54, 1956/57 and 1963/64.
He played in six FAI Cup finals plus one replay and won four winner's medals in the following years, 1955, 1956, 1962 and 1964.
He also won five full and one amateur international caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team
courtesy Wikipedia Encyclopedia
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Debut: 7 Nov 1954 v Norway
Clubs: Clontarf, Shamrock Rovers
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