Bernard Breslin

Bernard Breslin
Personal information
Date of birth 2 May 1874
Place of birth Carfin, Scotland
Date of death 10 November 1913(1913-11-10) (aged 39)
Place of death Harthill, Scotland
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Carfin Shamrock
1893–1906 Hibernian  226 (10)
International career
1897 Scotland 1 (0)
1898–1900 Scottish League XI 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Breslin (2 May 1874 – 10 November 1913)[1] was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half for Hibernian[2] and Scotland. Breslin was part of the Hibs teams that won the 1901–02 Scottish Cup and the Scottish league championship in 1903. He represented Scotland once, in 1897,[3] and played four times for the Scottish League representative team between 1898 and 1900.[4][5]

He died from tuberculosis in 1913.

  1. ^ Mitchell, Andy (14 November 2012). "Time for a new Scotland football Who's Who". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ (Hibernian player) Breslin, Bernard, FitbaStats
  3. ^ "[Scotland player] Bernard Breslin". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "[SFL player] Bernard Breslin". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)