Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Jerry O'Riordan | |
Irish: | Diarmuid Ó Ríordáin |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 10 |
County: | Kerry |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Glenbeigh-Glencar Mid Kerry |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Kerry |
Icposition: | Midfield |
Icyears: | 1961-1965 |
Icapps(Points): | 4 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 1939 |
Birth Place: | Glenbeigh, County Kerry, Ireland |
Death Date: | 29 December 2020 (aged 81) |
Death Place: | Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland |
Jerry O'Riordan (1939 – 29 December 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Glenbeigh-Glencar and divisional side Mid Kerry and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kerry senior football team.
Born in Glenbeigh, O'Riordan first enjoyed success at club level in 1956 when he won a Mid Kerry Championship title. He won three more divisional titles in a club career that lasted 20 years, as well as a County Championship title with Mid Kerry in 1967. O'Riordan made his first appearance for the Kerry senior football team in the first round of the 1961-62 league, ending his debut season by winning an All-Ireland Championship medal after lining out at right wing-forward in the final against Roscommon. He also won back-to-back Munster Championship medals before playing his last game in the fourth round of the 1964-65 league.[1] [2]