Harry Kenny
Football player
1962 –
Who is Harry Kenny?
Harry Kenny is a retired Irish footballer who spent 13 seasons playing for Shamrock Rovers.
Harry, or 'H' as his friends nicknamed him, came to Milltown in September 1978, one year after Johnny Giles had been appointed player/manager. He was a number of full-time players who Giles signed up as part of the policy to develop a full-time professional set up at Milltown. Other players who were involved in the scheme at the time were Pierce O'Leary, Alan Campbell and Ritchie Bayly.
Harry made his Rovers debut on 20 December 1978 in a Leinster Senior Cup quarter final win against Dunleary Celtic at Tolka Park. His league debut came on 3 April 1979 in a 4–0 win against Cork Celtic at Milltown. Along the way to senior status Harry picked up a few honours. He was capped for the Irish schoolboys at U15, U17 and youths level.
In his only his second full season at Milltown H won the Player of the Year award Shamrock Rovers#Player of the Year Award recipients
When he became a regular in the first team, Harry proved to be quite impressive but just when everything was going very well he broke his leg against Sligo in a league game at Milltown on 11 October 1981.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1962
Dublin - Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Lived in
- Dublin
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on July 23, 2013
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