Ambrose O'Donovan

Ambrose O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name Ambróis Ó Donnabháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 11 June 1962 (1962-06-11) (age 49)
Gneeveguilla, County Kerry
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname Rosie
Club(s)
Years Club
1970s-1990s Gneeveguilla
Club Titles
Kerry titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1984-1992 Kerry 26 (1-06)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All Irelands 3
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Ambrose 'Rosie' O'Donovan (born 11 June 1962 in Gneeveguilla, County Kerry) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Gneeveguilla and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1984 until 1992. O'Donovan captained Kerry to the centenary-year All-Ireland title in 1984.

O'Donovan was captain of the Kerry team which won the 1984 'Centenary All-Ireland' All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[1] O'Donovan was one of the youngest captains of an All Ireland winning side. He played alongside Jack O'Shea at midfield in two more successful campaigns during 1985 and 1986.

During his school years, he won two All-Ireland Vocational Schools medals with Kerry. He also won an All Ireland Minor medal in 1980.

O'Donoovan played club football with Gneeveguilla and won three O'Donoghue Cups in 1979, 1980 and 1983. He also helped the local club side win the Kerry Club Championship in 1980 beating formidable Kerry clubs such as Austin Stacks and Castleisland Desmonds.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jack O'Shea
Kerry Senior Football Captain
1984
Succeeded by
Páidí Ó Sé
Achievements
Preceded by
Tommy Drumm
(Dublin)
All-Ireland Senior Football
winning captain

1984
Succeeded by
Páidí Ó Sé
(Kerry)

Teams