Tom Kelly (Gaelic footballer)
For other people named Tom Kelly, see Tom Kelly (disambiguation).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Ceallaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Back | ||
| Born | Kellyville, County Laois | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Josephs | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Laois titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1999-2010 | Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois.
His club is St Josephs GAA. He usually played at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All Stars Award[1] and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.[2]
Kelly twice travelled to Australia for the International Rules Series,[3] where he was Ireland's player of the series in 2005.[4]
With St Josephs GAA, Kelly picked up two Laois Senior Football Championship medals.
In January 2011 Kelly was forced to retire due to a neck injury he sustained the year before.[5]
References
- ↑ "GAA Stories". Donegal News. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ↑ "Laois is happy to follow Armagh". Belfast Telegraph. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ↑ "Kelly hoping for courageous effort". Hogan Stand. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ↑ "Aussies triumph but at a price?". Hogan Stand. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ↑ "Laois' Kelly career cut short". RTÉ Sport. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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