Phil 'The Gunner' Brady

Philip Brady
Personal information
Irish name	Philib Ó Brádaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield, Full Back
Born	County Cavan, Ireland
Occupation	Garda
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mullahoran GFC
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1945-1952	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Phil 'The Gunner' Brady (died 6 May 1980)^[1] was a former Gaelic footballer for Cavan. He won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals in 1947, ’48, '52.

Playing career

Brady was a tough, strong versatile footballer, he scored a point to help Cavan win the All-Ireland Final in the Polo Grounds, New York City in 1947. He formed a brilliant midfield partnership with Victor Sherlock in the 1948 Final and he lined out at full-back in the 1952 all-Ireland final. Victor become his brother in law in 1953. He also won a National Football League medal in 1949/50 season. He collected a Railway Cup medal with Ulster in 1950.^[2]

He is also the uncle of 3 times world handball champion Paul Brady.^[3]

References

Cavan Football Squads

Cavan – 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 V. Gannon 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 J. Wilson 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 C. McDyer 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 T. P. O'Reilly

Cavan – 1947–48 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 S. Morris 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 O. R. McGovern 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 P. Brady 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan

Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. Brady 9 V. Sherlock 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan Sub O. R. McGovern

Cavan – 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (5th title)

1 S. Morris 2 J. McCabe 3 P. Brady 4 D. Maguire 5 P. Carolan 6 L. Maguire 7 B. O'Reilly 8 T. Hardy 9 V. Sherlock 10 S. Hetherton 11 M. Higgins 12 E. Carolan 13 J. J. Cassidy 14 A. Tighe 15 J. Cusack

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