Obit: Kavanagh, John Valentine February 1945 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Dublin Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Colette O'Rorke cmcororke@hotmail.com April 11, 2010, 8:27 pm Irish Press, March 1945 All soccer followers were sorry to hear of the death last week of John ("Fatty") Kavanagh, a well-known player in the early days of the F.A.I., or the then Free State League. He was left full-back on the St. James's Gate Team that won the Cup in 1921-22. He also played with Bendigo, and was on the first Irish Junior team to beat Scotland in Glasgow in March 1921.