Willie Joe Padden is a former Gaelic footballer who received two All Stars awards, and represented Mayo in an All-Ireland Final in 1989 but lost to Cork.
His son Billy Joe Padden also played for Mayo.
Willie Joe was born in Belmullet on 6 February 1959.
He attended his local Primary school in Aughalsheen just outside Belmullet.
He went to the Convent of Mercy secondary school in Belmullet.