Trivia
The Shamrock Rovers Player of the Year trophy is named after Paddy Coad.
Paddy's wife Kathleen was the daughter of the then Rovers Chairman Mr Joe Cunningham.
His brother Seamus played for Waterford in the late 1960s and managed them in the 1990s. Seamus' sons Gary and Nigel continued the family name by lining out for the Blues under their father. They both became only the third set of second generation brothers to play together for Waterford, following Paddy and Seamus, the Hales and Fitzgeralds.
In 2012 Seamus' grandson Conor became the latest Coad to play for Waterford United.
At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season Coad is twenty second in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 126 league goals.
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