Brendan Lynch (Kerry Gaelic footballer)

Brendan Lynch (born 1949 in Beaufort, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Beaufort and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1968 until 1976.[1] He also played hurling with the Killarney club and won a County Hurling Championship medal in 1969, he also won a Cork County Football Championship and Munster Club Championships with UCC during his college days.

Brendan Lynch
Personal information
Irish name Breandán Ó Loingsigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1949
Beaufort, County Kerry
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1960s-1980s
Beaufort
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1968-1976
Kerry 32 (3-87)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 6
All-Irelands 3
NFL 4
All Stars 0

At the age of 25, he was the oldest player on the famous 1975 All-Ireland winning team.[2]

References

  1. "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  2. Reilly, Jerome; O'Mahoney, John (16 December 2012). "Shock as Kerry's best-loved son dies of a suspected heart attack". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2012. The oldest person on the team was Brendan Lynch and he was only 25. Nobody gave us a chance: we were just a team of 15 bachelors from Kerry up for the day.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.