fullname birth_place nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
herbert william joseph kerr dublin , ireland league of ireland xi ireland full back 1 3 1924 1924 19 october 1896 bertie kerr
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bertie kerr

herbert william joseph kerr -lrb- 19 october 1896 -- 23 november 1973 -rrb- , also known as bertie kerr or bert kerr , was an irish association football player during the 1910s and 1920s .
kerr played for bohemians , the league of ireland xi and ireland .
in 1924 , he was a member of the first ireland team selected by the fai and at the same time he represented ireland at the 1924 olympics .
he was also the first player to captain an fai ireland team in a home international .
after retiring as a footballer , kerr established himself a worldwide reputation as a leading bloodstock agent .
among the many racehorses he bought and sold were nasrullah and tomy lee , who won the 1959 kentucky derby .
kerr also traded horses that won the aintree grand national , the grand prix de paris , the french derby , the irish 2,000 guineas , and the irish st. leger .
his younger brother kevin also played for bohemians and was a successful horse trainer .
his niece , virginia kerr , is one of ireland 's leading opera singers .
