Lansdowne Football Club

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Lansdowne Football Club, also referred to as Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin Ireland. They were founded in 1872 by Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop as the "Irish Champion Athletic Club". They originally played their home games at Lansdowne Road. Their senior team currently plays in the AIB League First Division. Their playing colours are black, red and yellow hoops, with navy shorts. Lansdowne have won the Leinster Club Senior Cup a record 24 times, winning it for the first in 1891.

Notable Players

" See also cl|Lansdowne Football Club players"

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Nearly 100 Lansdowne players have represented Ireland at full international level. On two occasions in 1931, Lansdowne supplied the entire Irish three-quarter line (Jack Arigho, Eugene Davy, Morgan Crowe and Ned Lightfoot), one of only three clubs ever to have done so at international level world-wide.

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As well as representing Ireland, several Lansdowne players have also represented the British and Irish Lions ["The Ireland Rugby Miscellany" (2007): Ciaran Cronin] .

Other internationals

* Felipe Contepomi

Lansdowne players and other sports

As well as playing international rugby union for Ireland, at least four Lansdowne players have also represented Ireland and/or Great Britain at other sports. Noel Purcell was also an international water polo player and represented both Great Britain and Ireland at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics respectively. He helped Great Britain win the gold medal in 1920 [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/noel-purcell-1.html www.sports-reference.com] ] Brothers Kevin O'Flanagan and Mick O'Flanagan also played soccer for Ireland. On September 30 1946 they both played for Ireland in a 1-0 defeat against England at Dalymount Park [ [http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=34 www.soccerscene.ie] ] Brian Carney played as a junior with Lansdowne before switching rugby codes. He represented both Ireland and Great Britain at rugby league before returning to the union code.

Honours

* Leinster Senior League
**"Winners" 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002: 8
**"Runners Up" 1985, 1996: 2
*Leinster Club Senior Cup
**"Winners": 1891, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998: 24
**"Runners Up" : 1899, 1902, 1956, 1987, 1996: 5
*Metropolitan Cup
**"Winners": 1927, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1981, 2003: 7
**"Runners Up" : 2006: 1

References

External links

* [http://www.lansdownerugby.com/index.asp Club website]