Paddy Sheriff
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 15 October 1926 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 27 November 1990 (aged 64) Mullingar, Ireland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Basketball |
Paddy Sheriff (15 October 1926 – 27 November 1990) was an Irish basketball player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 1990, he died in a road traffic incident along with his son Padraig at Gneevebawn Hill near Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, while driving to Dublin from Galway.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paddy Sheriff". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paddy Sheriff Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Olympedia – Paddy Sheriff".
External links
[edit]- Paddy Sheriff at FIBA.com (archived)
- Paddy Sheriff – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Paddy Sheriff at Olympedia
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- 1926 births
- 1990 deaths
- Irish men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Ireland
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen
- European basketball biography stubs
- Irish sportspeople stubs