Bernard (Barney) William Mulrenan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard William Mulrenan | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolsover, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 November 1995 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Brighton, Sussex, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside Right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931-1935 | Sheffield University | ||
| 1935-1939 | Yorkshire Amateurs | ||
| 1935 | Chesterfield | 1 | (0) |
| 1935-1938 | Corinthians | 14 | (2) |
| 1937-1939 | Casuals | 20 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1935 | England Amateurs | 1 | |
| 1935-1937 | British Universities | 4 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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Barney Mulrenan (04/07/1912 - 06/11/1995) was an amateur footballer, athlete, broadcaster and sports administrator.
Football[edit]
As a 19 year old, Mulrenan started playing for Hallam shortly before entering Sheffield University where he was a member of the team that won the Universities Athletics Union (UAU) football championship in both the 1932-33 and 1933-34 seasons[1]. Subsequently, Mulrenan had spells with Rotherham Utd, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Chesterfield (for whom he made his one Football League appearance v New Brighton, 07/09/1935) and Cardiff City but most of his football appearances were with top amateur teams such as Yorkshire Amateurs, Corinthians and Casuals.
Mulrenan also played in representative matches for the England Amateur International team[2], the FA Amateur X1, British Universities and the UAU football teams, Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA, West Riding County FA, The Yorkshire League and the RAF.
Athletics[edit]
Mulrenan was a top County and Universities athlete. He competed over distances from 100 yds to the Half Mile and was in finals in the UAU's National Championships at the White City in four consecutive years, 1932-1935[3].
In April 1934, Mulrenan was in the UAU’s team for ‘the Great Relay’[4], an international event on the streets of Paris over a distance of 25 km and including 50 legs of varying lengths between 135m and 1,850m, the distances between or across bridges on the Seine that acted as changeover points. The UAU won the event, the win being the first of three consecutive victories. Mulrenan was selected by the UAU for the same event in March 1935 but he subsequently withdrew after being selected for the England Amateur Football International v Scotland to take place the day before.
Broadcater[edit]
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mulrenan was an invited broadcaster and contriubutor on football and athletics for the Home Service in Wales.
Sports Administrator[edit]
Mulrenan held a variety of posts for the Welsh UAU and in 1962 was a Committee Member of the newly formed British Universities Sports Federation (BUSF). As Chairman of the BUSF's Competitions and Match Committee, in 1966 he introduced an annual 'home nations' football tournament for teams representing universities across the UK[5] [6] the winners of which received the Bernard Mulrenan Trophy. Scotland won the inagural tournament and went on subsequently to dominate the competition.
In the 60s and upto its demise in 1976, Mulrenan was a Selector for the England Amateur International football team. He later became a Director of the FA.
Later Years[edit]
Mulrenan retired to Brighton. He died at Brighton General Hospital in November 1995. His ashes were interred in the grave of his mother’s family, the Walsh family, at St Michael’s Cemetery, Rivelin, Sheffield.
References[edit]
- ↑ UAU Handbooks(D741/B17), 1932-35, Sydney Jones Special Collections and Archive, University of Liverpool, retrieved 21 April 2022
- ↑ Brian McColl, Douglas Gorman, George Campbell, 'Forgotten Glories'. Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2015, ISBN 978-1-326 35601-9
- ↑ UAU Annual Reports(D741/C3) and Results Books(D741/B24), Sydney Jones Special Collections and Archive, University of Liverpool, retrieved 19 May 2022
- ↑ 'University Men Take Place in Paris Event', Sheffield Independent, 27 March 1934, p10 - retrieved via British Newspaper Archive
- ↑ BUSF Papers(D741/E1), Sydney Jones Special Collection and Archive, University of Liverpool, retrieved 19 May 2022
- ↑ R F Kerslake(D741/B15/1, ‘Fifty Years of Student Sport’, Sydney Jones Special Collections and Archive, University of Liverpool, retrieved 21 April 2022
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