Tim Landers (Gaelic footballer)

Timothy Landers (1 November 1910 – 26 May 1991) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned sixteen seasons from 1930 to 1945.

Tim "Roundy" Landers
Personal information
Irish name Tadhg de Londras
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1910-11-01)1 November 1910
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Died 26 May 1991(1991-05-26) (aged 80)
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nickname Roundy
Occupation Clerical officer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Rock Street
Austin Stacks
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Kerry titles 5 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1930-1945
 Kerry 20 (8-20)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 8
All-Irelands 5
NFL 2
All Stars 1

Raised in Tralee, County Kerry, Landers was one of six children born to the former Catherine Roche and Garrett Landers. He was educated locally and first played competitive hurling and Gaelic football with the Rock Street club with whom he won three county hurling championship medals, while with the later renamed Austin Stacks club Landers won five county football championship medals.

Landers made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he was selected for the Kerry junior team, winning All-Ireland medals in that grade in 1928 and 1930. By this stage he had joined the Kerry senior team, making his debut during the 1930-31 National League. Over the course of the next fifteen years, Landers won five All-Ireland medals, eight Munster medals and two National Football League medals. He played his last game for Kerry in July 1945. Landers's brothers, John Joe and Bill, also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kerry.[1]

After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1931, Landers was an automatic choice on the starting fifteen until 1940. During that time he won one Railway Cup medal.

In retirement from playing Landers came to be regarded as one of Kerry's greatest players of all time. In 1985 he and his brother John Joe were jointly presented with the GAA All-Time All-Star award.[2]

References
  1. "Key player in first golden age of Kerry football". Irish Times. 15 September 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. "A Rock Street legend". Irish Independent. 2 September 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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