Martin O'Connell (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Martin O'Connell
Irish:Máirtín Ó Conaill
Feet:6
Inches:1
Occupation:Butcher
County:Meath
Province:Leinster
Club:St Michael's
Clyears:1980s-2000s
Counties:Meath
Icposition:Left wing-back
Icyears:1984-1997
Icprovince:6
Icallireland:3
Nfl:3
Allstars:4
Birth Date:1963 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Carlanstown, County Meath

Martin O'Connell (born 29 August 1963 in Carlanstown, County Meath) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club St Michael's and was a senior member of the Meath county team from 1984 until 1997.[1] O'Connell was listed on the "An Post/GAA Football Team of the Millennium".[2]

In a senior inter-county career that spanned two decades, O'Connell won every honour in the game at senior level. O'Connell claimed a Meath record of six Leinster and three National Football League titles.

O'Connell has also been the recipient of many awards off the field. He claimed four All Star awards as well as being named Texaco Footballer of the Year in his final playing season in 1996. Shortly after his inter-county career ended O'Connell was named in the left wing-back position on the GAA Football Team of the Millennium.

In May 2020, the Irish Independent named O'Connell as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".[3]

The All-Ireland medal he won in 1987 was stolen during a burglary in November 2020 but retrieved a short time later.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meath GAA profile. hoganstand.com. 2010-06-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100607165507/http://www.hoganstand.com/Meath/Profile.aspx. 2010-06-07.
  2. Web site: The An Post-GAA Football Team of the Millennium. hoganstand.com. 3 March 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060303021127/http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/millennium.aspx.
  3. News: Martin. Breheny. Revealed: The Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years. Irish Independent. 30 May 2020. 30 May 2020.
  4. News: Martin O'Connell's stolen All-Ireland medal recovered by Gardai. Hogan Stand. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020.