However, he has a place in Foxes folklore for his two-goal debut in a FA Cup quarter final win against QPR at Loftus Road in 1974.
In 1984, he moved to the United States and joined the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League, bringing a change of position to defender and a rejuvenation of his career.
On 13 October 1976, he made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland national football team in a friendly match against Turkey in Ankara.
His other full international cap came three years later when he replaced Gerry Daly as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Northern Ireland on 21 November 1979 in Belfast.
In 1998 he was hired as head coach of the Pacific Lutheran University men's soccer team[8] and compiled a 25-39-6 record during his four years there.