Bernard Breslin (2 May 1874 – 10 November 1913) was a Scottish

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who played as a

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for

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and

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. Breslin was part of the Hibs teams that won the

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and the

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. He represented Scotland once, in 1897, and played four times for the Scottish League representative team between 1898 and 1900. He died from

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in 1913.

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* 1874 births 1913 deaths Footballers from North Lanarkshire Men's association football wing halves Scottish men's footballers Hibernian F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League representative players Scotland men's international footballers 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Scotland 19th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub