Ken Branagan was an English football fullback who was born in Salford in 1930. He played for Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 between 1950 and 1959 appearing 197 times and scoring three goals before being transferred to Oldham Athletic F.C..

Ken and wife Maureen had seven children, 3 sons(Sean Branagan, Mike Branagan & Jim Branagan

Jim Branagan

Jim Branagan is an English-born former footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End and York City, and also in South Africa for Cape Town City.-References:...

) and 4 daughters(Moi Branagan, Joanne Branagan, Christina Green & Trisha Ferguson).

Ken died on the night of Saturday the 9th of August 2008 at the age of 78 after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease.