Garry Scollard Explained

Code:	Football
Sport:	Gaelic football
Garry Scollard
County:	Kerry
Province:	Munster
Club:	Austin Stacks
Clyears:	1960s–1970s
Clcounty:	3
Clprovince:	1
Clallireland:	1
Counties:	Kerry
Icposition:	Forward
Birth Place:	Tralee, County Kerry

Garry Scollard (died 2000) was a Gaelic footballer and hurler from the Austin Stacks club in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He was a member of the Austin Stacks team that won the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, and of the Kerry county hurling team that won the 1976 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.^{[1] [2]} Scollard was paralysed following a car accident in 1978.^{[3] [4]} He died in February 2000,^[3] and an under-16 hurling competition was subsequently named the Gary Scollard Memorial Tournament.^{[1] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Two Great Kerry Hurlers To Be Remembered In Tournaments This Weekend . traleetoday.ie . Dermot . Crean. 26 March 2015 . 9 December 2022 .
2. Web site: Gary and Todd honoured . killarneytoday.com . John . O'Mahony . 25 March 2015 . 9 December 2022 .
3. Web site: "The Complete Club Man" – We Remember Garry Scollard . austinstacks.ie . Martin . Collins . 27 February 2020 . 9 December 2022 .
4. Web site: The Odds Stacked Against Them . irishexaminer.com . 14 February 2015 . John . Fogarty . 9 December 2022 .
5. Web site: Minors face very tough task against Cork in Munster Championship . The Kerryman . 7 April 2014 . 9 December 2022 .