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Don Donovan (born 23 December 1929 in Cork) is an Irish former professional football player.
He was a right back who played for Everton F.C. and Grimsby Town.
Donovan joined Everton in 1951 from junior football in Ireland and went on to play 187 times for The Toffees scoring just twice.
In August 1958, he was transferred to Grimsby Town for a fee of £5,000 where he played until 1964 before becoming player manager of Boston United. He was a huge success at Boston, winning League titles in each of his three seasons with the club.
At international level, he represented Republic of Ireland five times at senior level making his debut in November 1954 [1]
References
External links
- Don Donovan, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- Profile on Boston United site
- Profile on Everton site
Boston United F.C. – managers Cringan (1934–35) · Vaughton (1935–36) · Greaves (1936–37) · Tunstall (1937–48) · McGraham (1948–49) · Ithell (1950–52) · Tunstall (1952–54) · Middleton (1954–57) · King (1957–60) · Middleton (1960–61) · Todd (1961–64) · Tunstall (1964–65) · Donovan (1965–69) · Smith (1969–72) · Jobling (1972–75) · Wilkinson (1975–76) · F. Taylor and Bolland (1976–77) · Walker (1977–79) · Phelan (1979–81) · Froggatt (1981–84) · Mann (1984–86) · O'Brien (1986–87) · Kerr (1987–90) · Cusack (1990–92) · Morris (1992–94) · Sterland (1994–96) · Fee (1996–98) · Evans (1998–2002) · Thompson (2002–04) · Rodwell (caretaker) (2004) · Evans (2004–07) · T. Taylor (2007–08) · Welsh (2008–09) · Scott and Hurst (2009–11) · Lee and Canoville (2011–)
Categories:- 1929 births
- Living people
- People from Cork (city)
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland international footballers
- Everton F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Republic of Ireland football managers
- Boston United F.C. managers
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