fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
ronald nolan johnville f.c. 1951 -- 1952 1967 1968 -- 1974 1951 -- 1952 johnville f.c. → boston rovers -lrb- loan -rrb- bohemians ? 9 ? dublin , republic of ireland 42 0 0 league of ireland xi republic of ireland wing-half 33 10 1954-1964 1956-1962 october 1933 ronnie nolan
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ronnie nolan

ronnie nolan -lrb- born october 1933 in ringsend , dublin -rrb- is a former irish international football player .
after earning one schoolboy cap in 1949 and captaining the international youths twice he made his shamrock rovers debut on 1 september 1952 in a dublin city cup game against drumcondra .
he went on to become part of the teams of the 1950s and was the scorer of a last minute winning goal in the 1956 fai cup final against cork athletic .
the side , popularly known as coad 's colts , enjoyed many memorable days during the 1950s , but that day was surely that side 's most dramatic .
he played in the clubs first 18 games in european competition .
he shared a benefit game with shay keogh in may 1961 -lsb- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1961/0502/pg002.html#ar00202:7c00e57fd1027ea0fd8461197a41a67da1c07923797cc3937b457b7c05947c257b7ea5947ea57c7ee59675e0e87b31047491a77971c175b57b7a9594] .
the great service of ronnie nolan to rovers was marked by the presentation of a gold medal by the directors .
this was a medal which was presented to any rovers player who had 15 consecutive years service to the club .
ronnie nolan also had a spell as player/assistant manager at bohemians during which time he picked up another fai cup winners medal in 1970 .
in all he played in 13 fai cup finals .
a strong , uncompromising defender , ronnie won 10 caps for the republic of ireland national football team .
his first cap came on 3 october 1956 in a 2-1 win over denmark at dalymount park in a world cup qualifying game -lsb- http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=69] .
he also won two republic of ireland b caps , scoring on his debut in iceland in 1958 and won a record 33 league of ireland xi caps .
he also coached bank of ireland in the leinster senior league senior division and coached the team to an all ireland iboa cup winning performance .
ronnie nolan worked in the irish glass bottle co ltd in ringsend dublin while he continued his football career .
ronnie worked in the mould repair shop and became mould shop manager until his eventual retirement .
ronnie was also a member of newlands golf club and an enthusiastic and capable golfer and all round great sportsman and also a gentleman .
the fai unveiled a commemorative alcove in his honour in august 2009 -lsb- http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/914-fai-unveils-tribute-to-ronnie-nolan] .
