Benny Gaughran (footballer, born 1915)

When Gaughran was young, he played Gaelic football for St. Laurence O'Tooles and subsequently took up rugby with O'Connell Schools,[1] where he had great possibilities as a full back.

[1] Gaughran believed that his rugby training gave him a good grounding for soccer and that "if one could kick an oval ball accurately there should be no great difficulty in learning how to control a round one.

His Bohemian teammates included Harry Cannon, Plev Ellis, Fred Horlacher and Billy Jordan that season, and Gaughran was the top scorer with 15 goals in 21 league games.

[1] At the start of the 1936–37 season, there was interest in Gaughran from several UK football clubs, including Arsenal, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley,[7] Blackburn Rovers[2] and Manchester United.

Scouts from Manchester United arrived to vet Gaughran, and were satisfied enough to make arrangements to sign him.

Louis Rocca, United's Chief Scout, travelled to Bray in November 1936 to complete the deal.