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Shelbourne pay tribute to last surviving Irish Olympic footballer Peter McDonald

Shelbourne have led the tributes to Peter McDonald after the last surviving man to play football for Ireland at the Olympics passed away at the age of 98.

McDonald was part of the Irish Olympic team that went to the 1948 Olympic Games in London and played in the first-round defeat to the Netherlands.

The Ringsend native played League of Ireland football with Bohemians and Transport during the 1940s and earned one junior international cap, against Scotland, in 1947 before making the senior squad for London 1948.

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