Bill Kinnerk Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Bill Kinnerk
Irish:Liam Mac an Airchinn
Feet:5
Inches:11
Nickname:Billum
Occupation:CIÉ employee
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Club:John Mitchels
Clcounty:2
Counties:Kerry
Icposition:Left corner-back
Icyears:1932-1939
Icapps(Points):19 (0-00)
Icprovince:5
Icallireland:2
Nfl:0
Icupdate:18:45, 18 June 2020
Birth Date:14 November 1907
Birth Place:Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Death Date:6 September 1983 (75)
Death Place:Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

William Kinnerk (14 November 1907 – 6 September 1983) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and local politician. At club level he played with the John Mitchels club and was an All-Ireland Championship medallist with the Kerry senior football team.

Playing career

Born in Tralee, Kinnerk first played competitive Gaelic football with Tralee Technical School. After lining out with a number of local clubs, he joined John Mitchels and claimed his first Kerry Senior Football Championship medal in his debut year in 1929. He claimed a second county medal as team captain in 1937. Kinnerk first joined the Kerry senior football team in 1932 and ended the year by winning his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal as a substitute. He broke onto the starting fifteen the following year, and was a regular member of the team until his retirement after a tour of the United States in 1939. During that time Kinnerk won five Munster Championship medals as well as claiming an All-Ireland medal on the field of play in 1937.[1]

Honours

Dingle
Kerry

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The story of Bill Kinnerk. John Mitchels GAA website. 18 June 2020.