| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Jimmy Lucey | |
| Irish: | Séamus Ó Luasaigh |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 10 |
| Occupation: | Army sergeant |
| County: | Kerry |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Glenbeigh-Glencar Laune Rangers Mid Kerry |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Counties: | Kerry |
| Icposition: | Midfield |
| Icyears: | 1962–1966 |
| Icapps(Points): | 8 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 3 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 16 February 1969 (aged 27) |
| Death Place: | Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland |
James Lucey (1941 – 16 February 1969) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers and Mid Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Lucey first played Gaelic football with Glenbeigh-Glencar. He won a County Championship title with divisional side Mid Kerry in 1967.[1] After briefly appearing for the Kerry minor football team during the early rounds of the championship in 1958, Lucey was drafted onto the Kerry senior football team during a number of tournament games in early 1962. He ended the season with an All-Ireland Championship title after lining out at midfield in the final defeat of Roscommon. His brother, Noel Lucey, also lined out that day, while a third brother, Vincent Lucey, played in the 1965 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway.[2] Lucey's inter-county career ended in 1966, by which stage he had also secured a National League title and several Munster Championship titles.
Lucey secured a place in the first Army Apprentice School class at Devoy Barracks in 1956. After a three-year apprenticeship he became a fitter and a mechanic in the Cavalry Corps. He served two terms with the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in the Congo and was one of 154 soldiers involved in the Siege of Jadotville.[3]
Lucey died from Hodgkins disease at St Luke's Hospital in Rathgar on 16 February 1969.[4] Aged 27, he was the first member of the 1962 All-Ireland-winning team to die.
| Team | Season | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Kerry | 1961–62 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-01 | |
| 1962–63 | 5 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | |||
| 1963–64 | 5 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | |||
| 1964–65 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| 1965–66 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 4 | 0-00 | ||||
| Career total | 14 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-00 | 24 | 0-01 | |||
1967
1962, 1963, 1965