| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Kavanagh [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1927[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 29 November 2016 (aged 88)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Rustington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left, inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stella Maris | |||
| Johnville | |||
| Bohemians | |||
| 1944–1946 | Hull City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | Clonliffe Celtic | ||
| 1948–1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 195?–1960 | Littlehampton Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Kavanagh (31 December 1927 – 29 November 2016) was an Irish professional footballer who played as an outside left or inside forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
Life and career
Kavanagh was born in 1927 in Dublin,[1] and attended St Laurence O'Toole School, where Gaelic games were played but association football was not. He began his youthful football career with Stella Maris, Johnville and Bohemians, and as a 16-year-old, went to England for what proved a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful trial with Hull City.[2][3]
He returned to Dublin junior football, but another English trial in early 1948 led to a contract with Brighton & Hove Albion. He made his debut in November of that year, made 12 Football League Third Division South appearances in the 1948–49 season, and a further 14 in 1949–50.[2] While playing for the reserve team at the start of the following season, Kavanagh suffered a knee ligament injury that forced him into retirement and was to cause him problems for the rest of his life.[3]
He then worked as a capstan operator for a local engineering firm, and in his spare time coached Sussex County League team Littlehampton Town for eight years.[2][3] Kavanagh died in Rustington, West Sussex, in 2016 at the age of 88.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Micky Kavanagh". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- 1 2 3 "Just 26 games, but Micky loved his days with Albion". The Argus. Brighton. 27 March 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2018.