Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Willie Casey
Irish:Liam Ó Cathasaigh
Birth Date:1932
Death Date:3 December 2016 (aged 83)
County:Mayo
Province:Connacht
Club:Ballina Stephenites
Clcounty:2
Counties:Mayo
Icposition:Left corner-back
Icyears:1951–1964
Icapps(Points):18 (0–03)
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:1
Nfl:1
Birth Place:Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
Death Place:Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

William Casey (1932 – 3 December 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1951 to 1964.[1]

Casey first came to prominence on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he was a key member of the Mayo junior team. He won an All-Ireland medal in 1951 before being promoted to the senior grade the following year. Casey made his debut during the 1951-52 league. Over the course of the next thirteen seasons he became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Connacht medal and one National Football League medal as a member of the extended panel. He played his last game for Mayo in July 1964.

Career statistics

TeamSeasonNational LeagueConnachtAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Mayo1951-52Division 330-0000-0000-0030-00
1952-5350-0020-0000-0070-00
1953-5440-0000-0000-0040-00
1954-5540-0010-0020-0070-00
1955-56Division 260-0010-0000-0070-00
1956-5760-0010-0000-0070-00
1957-5870-0020-0000-0090-00
1958-5960-0130-0000-0090-01
1959-6060-0010-0000-0070-00
1960-6100-0000-0000-0000-00
1961-6250-0020-0300-0070-03
1962-6300-0010-0000-0010-00
1963-6460-0020-0000-0080-00
Total580-01160-0320-00760-04

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death of Mayo great Willie Casey . Hogan Stand. 5 December 2016. 5 December 2016.