Maurice Swan

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Maurice Michael George Swan (born 27 September 1938) is an Irish former professional footballer. He was born in Dublin.

Career

Swan was a goalkeeper who first played with Drumcondra in his native city before moving to Cardiff City in 1960. Swan was the youngest player to ever play in the League of Ireland for many years,^{[clarification needed]} and at the time of writing,^[when?] is still the youngest goalkeeper to debut in the League of Ireland, at the age of 15, saving a penalty on his debut.^{[citation needed]}

After Cardiff City, where he played in the old Division 1, he moved to Hull City in 1963 for a fee of £5,000 and had a successful spell there with the highlight being the 1965–66 season as City won the Third Division championship and reached the FA Cup quarter-final. Hull City were defeated by Chelsea after a second-round replay.

After leaving Hull after playing 103 games for them, Swan went back to Ireland to play for Dundalk in 1968.

He won his only international cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 18 May 1960 when he replaced Noel Dwyer at half time in a 4–1 defeat to Sweden in Malmö.

Swan also went on to play for Finn Harps before retiring in the early 1970s.

Personal life

Swan is the uncle of footballers Tony McDonnell and Derek Swan.^{[citation needed]}

After his professional playing career ended, Swan started a career in the Irish film industry as an electrician.

Swan is an avid golfer and a fan of West Ham United.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Hull City

• Third Division: 1965–66

References

External links

• Profile from sporthull.co.uk^{[link removed]}
• Maurice Swan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Maurice Swan in goal: see 1m:44 secs, Hull City FC vs Chelsea 1966 FA Cup Replay: Video on YouTube
• Swan in action ^{[link removed]}
• Drums warm up for game V Atletico Madrid 1958. Swan is 3rd from right.
• Team photo: Swan is goalkeeper