Brendan Menton Sr.

Brendan Menton Sr.

Dr. Brendan Menton (1912, Dublin, Ireland – August 1, 2002) was a former Irish football administrator and economist. Menton was a founding member of Home Farm F.C. and later served as president of the Football Association of Ireland between 1980 and 1982. He also served on various UEFA committees. [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/0802/breaking61.htm www.ireland.com] ]

Home Farm

As a youngster Menton lived at 32 Home Farm Road in the Drumcondra / Whitehall area of the Northside of Dublin. During the 1920s Menton and his four brothers formed "Home Farm Road" in order to compete in a street football league organised by Leo Fitzmaurice, the brother of Trans-Atlantic aviator James Fitzmaurice. In 1928 "Home Farm Road" merged with another team from this league, "Richmond Road", to form Home Farm F.C.. Members of the Menton family have remained involved with the club ever since and Menton himself served as the club’s honorary secretary. [ [http://www.homefarmfc.ie/news.php?id=3591 www.homefarmfc.ie] ] [ [http://www.eleven-a-side.com/offthefield/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=1393 www.eleven-a-side.com] ] His brother Fr. Tom Menton also served as president of Clontarf GAA from 1960 to 1972. [ [http://www.clontarfgaa.com/History/ClubRoots/tabid/554/Default.aspx Clontarf GAA] ]

Professional and family life

Menton studied economics and worked closely with T.K. Whitaker as an economist in the Department of Finance during the 1950s and 1960s. [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/07/14/story129843628.asp Irish Business Post] ] He was married and fathered four sons and a daughter. One son, Kevin Menton, played Davis Cup tennis for Ireland. [ [http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10004025 www.daviscup.com] ] while another Brendan Menton Jr. also became a football administrator. Brendan Menton Jr. currently works with the AFC in Kuala Lumpur on the Vision Asia football development project.

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