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Arthur Fitzsimons (born 16 December 1929 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional football player and manager. Originally from Penrose Street, just off the Ringsend Road and almost in the shadow of Shelbourne Park, the stadium named after Shelbourne F.C. ("the Shels", or "the Reds"), then their home ground, Arthur signed for 'the Shels' from the famous schoolboy nursery club, Johnville F.C. Already well known for his talent at junior level, the scouts were anxious to see how he would perform at this higher level. So well did he perform with 'the Reds', that it's almost forgotten that he played for them for only one season, 194849, before being transferred over the water. But it's no coincidence that that season was one of the best in the club's history, being in contention until the very last match in all four available competitions, finally winning two of them and finishing runner-up in the others. At the end of the season, he was part of a two-player deal when transferred (with Peter Desmond) to Middlesbrough F.C. in the English First Division. He went on to play for them 223 times, scoring 49 goals. His teammates included Brian Clough and Wilf Mannion. In the 1960s, his coaching career took him to Libya; where he spent five and a half years in Tripoli until Colonel Gaddafi came to power, and he was advised to leave. In August 1967, he signed for Drogheda as player-coach, a position he shared with Theo Dunne. In April 1969, his contract was terminated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】newspaper=The Irish Times )〕 In June 1969, he was appointed manager of Shamrock Rovers, taking over from Liam Tuohy. Despite beating FC Schalke 04 in a 1969-70 European Cup Winners' Cup first leg tie, he was sacked just two months later. He also played 26 times for the Republic of Ireland national football team, scoring 7 goals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics: Republic of Ireland )〕 In 2009, Fitzsimons was inducted into the Football Association of Ireland Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doyle named eircom Player of the Year )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Fitzsimons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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