Bernard Brogan is a former

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er who played for the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club and for the Dublin county team. He won three All-Ireland senior football medals in the 1970s.

Playing career

Brogan, who mostly played midfield, received an All Star for his performances in 1979. In 1974 he was on the panel that won Dublin's first All-Ireland title since 1963; however, after being injured playing against Offaly in the Leinster Championship, he did not play in the All-Ireland semi-final or final. He was on the All-Ireland senior football winning side for Dublin in 1976 against rivals Kerry by a scoreline of 3–8 to 0–10. The following year he got the crucial goal when Dublin defeated Kerry in the All Ireland Football semi-final. A few weeks later he collected his third All Ireland medal when Dublin defeated

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by a scoreline of 5–12 to 3–6. Brogan also won two National Football League division one medals: in 1978 against Mayo and in 1976 when he appeared as a substitute against

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. Bernard Snr is the father of former Dublin and St Oliver Plunketts footballers

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and

Alan Brogan Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played cen ...

. His brother Jim Brogan also played for Dublin during the seventies.

References

1953 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Bernard Senior Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers People educated at St Declan's College, Dublin St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh Gaelic footballers Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Dublin-Gaelic-football-bio-stub