John McAlery
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title:
John McAlery
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John McCredy McAlery was an Irish association football pioneer. His accomplishments include organizing the first ever properly organized football match in the history of Irish football in 1878, founding the first Irish football club in 1879, helping found the Irish Football Association in 1880, and wearing the captain's armband in Ireland's first ever international match in 1882. He is known as the "father of Irish association football." In 2013, a blue plaque erected by the Ulster History Circl
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Irish association footballer (1848–1925)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAlery
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2023-07-09T04:34:32Z
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