Texaco Footballer of the Year

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The Texaco Footballer of the Year is a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honours the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence. The award is part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields are honoured.

The award is presented annually to the Gaelic footballer considered to have performed the best over the previous year in the Football Championship. Voting for the award is undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media. The award itself, standing 14 inches high, is one of the most coveted, prestigious and sought-after accolades in Irish sport.

This award is distinct from the All Stars Footballer of the Year, awarded by the GAA since 1995, as part of the GAA All-Stars awards.

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2007 Marc O'Sé Kerry
2006 Kieran Donaghy Kerry
2005 Stephen O'Neill Tyrone
2004 Colm Cooper [ Kerry
2003 Peter Canavan Tyrone
2002 Kieran McGeeney Armagh
2001 John Divilly Galway
2000 Séamus Moynihan Kerry
1999 Trevor Giles Meath
1998 Michael Donnellan Galway
1997 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry
1996 Martin O'Connell Meath
1995 Paul Curran Dublin
1994 Micky Linden Down
1993 Henry Downey Derry
1992 Martin McHugh Donegal
1991 Colm O'Rourke ] Meath
1990 Shea Fahy Cork
1989 Teddy McCarthy Cork
1988 Robbie O'Malley Meath
1987 Brian Stafford Meath
1986 Pat Spillane Kerry
1985 Jack O'Shea Kerry
1984 Jack O'Shea Kerry
1983 Tommy Drumm Dublin
1982 Martin Furlong Offaly
1981 Jack O'Shea Kerry
1980 Jack O'Shea Kerry
1979 Mikey Sheehy Kerry
1978 Pat Spillane Kerry
1977 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin
1976 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin
1975 John O'Keeffe Kerry
1974 Kevin Heffernan Dublin The only person to be awarded this award while not a player but a manager
1973 Billy Morgan Cork
1972 Willie Bryan Offaly
1971 Eugene Mulligan Offaly
1970 Tom Prendergast Kerry
1969 Mick O'Dwyer Kerry
1968 Seán O'Neill Down
1967 Bertie Cunningham Meath
1966 Mattie McDonagh Galway
1965 Martin Newall Galway
1964 Noel Tierney Galway
1963 Lar Foley Dublin
1962 Mick O'Connell Kerry
1961 James McCartan Down
1960 James McCartan Down
1959 Seán Murphy Kerry
1958 Jim McKeever Derry


Gaelic games Awards
Football Hurling
All Star team of the year All Stars All Star team of the year
All Stars Footballer of the Year All Stars Hurler of the Year
All Stars Young Footballer of the Year All Stars Young Hurler of the Year
GPA team of the year GPA Awards GPA team of the year
GPA Footballer of the year GPA Hurler of the year
Texaco Footballer of the Year Texaco Awards Texaco Hurler of the Year