Mick O'Brien (footballer, born 1893)

Mick O'Brien
O'Brien while with Queens Park Rangers in 1922.
Personal information
Full name Michael Terrance O'Brien
Date of birth (1893-08-10)10 August 1893
Place of birth Ushaw Moor, England
Date of death 21 September 1940(1940-09-21) (aged 47)[1]
Place of death Uxbridge, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre half, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911 Walker Celtic
Wallsend
1912 Blyth Spartans
1912–1913 Celtic 0 (0)
1913–14 Blyth Spartans
1914–1915 Brentford 9 (3)
1918–1919 Alloa Athletic (trial)
1919 Norwich City 10 (1)
1919–1920 South Shields 3 (0)
1920–1922 Queens Park Rangers 66 (3)
1922–1924 Leicester City 65 (6)
1924–1926 Hull City 74 (0)
1926 Brooklyn Wanderers 7 (0)
1926–1928 Derby County 3 (0)
1928–1929 Walsall 34 (0)
1929–1931 Norwich City 64 (5)
1931–1933 Watford 61 (5)
International career
1921–1927 Ireland 10 (0)
1927–1932 Irish Free State 4 (0)
1921 English League XI 1 (2)
Managerial career
1933–1935 Queens Park Rangers
1935–1936 Brentford (assistant)
1936–1937 Ipswich Town
1939–1940 Cork City[3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Terrance O'Brien (10 August 1893 – 21 September 1940) was an Irish footballer and coach whose career took him to at least 17 different clubs. A well-built six-footer, O'Brien was highly regarded as a centre-half. O'Brien was a dual international and played for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI. In April 1927, O'Brien made his debut for the FAI XI, four days after he made his last appearance for the IFA XI. During the 1930s, O'Brien managed both Queens Park Rangers and Ipswich Town.

  1. ^ Mick O'Brien at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "The lure of promotion. Leicester City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ "The First Cork City FC – Cork Past & Present". corkpastandpresent.ie. Retrieved 24 December 2018.