Seán Walsh (footballer)

Seán Walsh
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Breathnach
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-back
Born	6 April 1957 (1957-04-06) (age 54) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Auctioneer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1970s-1990s	Kerins O'Rahilly's
Club Titles
Kerry titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1976-1987	Kerry	41 (6-22)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	8
All Irelands	7
NFL	3
All Stars	2

Seán Walsh (born 6 April 1957 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Kerins O'Rahilly's and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1987, during which he won seven All-Ireland titles.^[1] He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era. His sons Tommy and Barry John also played football for Kerry.

References

^ "Profile of Seán Walsh". www.hoganstand.com. 2000-03-31. http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=38863. Retrieved 2009-09-04.

Seán Walsh's teams

Kerry - All-Ireland Minor Football Champions 1975 (8th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 V. O'Connor \| 3 M. O'Sullivan \| 4 M. Colgan \| 5 J.J. O'Connor \| 6 M. Spillane \| 7 G. Casey \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 N. O'Donovan \| 10 F. Scannell (Capt.) \| 11 J. Mulvihill \| 12 R. Bunyan \| 13 C. O'Connor \| 14 J. O'Shea \| 15 P. Sheehan \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 1975 (3rd title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 K. O'Donoghue \| 3 P. Ó Sé \| 4 G. Leahy \| 5 M. Spillane \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 D. Moran \| 8 G. O'Driscoll \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 B. Walsh \| 11 M. Sheehy \| 12 D. Murphy \| 13 T. Doyle \| 14 J. O'Shea \| 15 P. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 1976 (4th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 M. Colgan \| 3 P. Ó Sé \| 4 G. Leahy \| 5 M. Spillane \| 6 D. Moran \| 7 V. O'Connor \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 J. O'Shea \| 10 N. O'Donovan \| 11 P. Spillane \| 12 G. Murphy \| 13 B.Walsh \| 14 G. O'Sullivan \| 15 P.Foley \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1976

1 P. O'Mahony \| 2 G. O'Keeffe \| 3 J. O'Keeffe (C) \| 4 J. Deenihan \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 G. Power \| 8 P. Lynch \| 9 P. McCarthy \| 10 D. Moran \| 11 M. Sheehy \| 12 M. O'Sullivan \| 13 B. Lynch \| 14 J. Egan \| 14 P. Spillane \| Subs: C. Nelligan \| S. Walsh \| G. O'Driscoll \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1978 (24th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 P. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power \| 11 D. Moran (Capt.) \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. 'Bomber' Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs: P. O'Mahony \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1979 (25th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly (c) \| 7 P. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 T. Doyle \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Sub used: V. O'Connor \| Subs not used: T. Doyle \| G. O'Keeffe \| B. Walsh \| J. L. McElligott \| P. O'Mahony \| G. O'Driscoll \| T. O'Regan \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1980 (26th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 G. O'Keeffe \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power (c) \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 T. Doyle \| 15 J. Egan \| Sub used: G. O'Driscoll for G. Power \| Subs not used: G. O'Keeffe \| M. Spillane \| J. Walsh \| D. O'Donoghue \| P. O'Mahony \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1981 (27th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan (c) \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 M. Spillane \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 J. O'Shea \| 10 G. Power \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 T. Doyle \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs used: P. Spillane for J. Egan \| G. O'Keeffe for M. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - National Football League Champions 1982 (14th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan (c) \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 G. O'Keeffe \| 5 V. O'Connor \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 J. O'Shea \| 10 J. McElligott \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 T. Doyle \| 13 G. Power \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1982

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 G. O'Keeffe \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 T. Doyle \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power \| 11 T. Spillane \| 12 D. Moran \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan (C) \| Sub: P. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1984 (28th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan (Capt.) \| 10 John Kennedy \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 G. Power \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs: T. O'Dowd \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1985 (29th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé (Capt.) \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan \| 10 T. O'Dowd \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 G. Power \| Subs: J. Kennedy \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1986 (30th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle (Capt.) \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan \| 10 W. Maher \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 G. Power \| Subs: T. O'Dowd \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

1979 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Cullen \| 2 E. Hughes \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 T. Heneghan \| 5 T. Drumm \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 D. Murray \| 8 D. Earley \| 9 B. Brogan \| 10 G. Power \| 11 S. Walsh \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 S. Lowry \| 15 J. McGrath

1981 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 M. Furlong \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 P. Kennedy \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 R. Connor \| 7 S. McHugh \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 B. Brennan \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 B. Lowry

Munster Football Team of the Last 25 Years (1984-2009)

John Kerins (Goalkeeper) Marc Ó Sé • Seán Walsh • Niall Cahalane (Full-backs) Seamus Moynihan • Conor Counihan • Stephen O’Brien (Half-backs) Jack O'Shea • Darragh Ó Sé (Midfielders) Declan O'Sullivan • Larry Tompkins • Pat Spillane (Half-forwards) Colm Cooper • Eoin Liston • Maurice Fitzgerald (Full-forwards)

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Name	Walsh, Sean
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Date of birth	1957-04-06
Place of birth	Tralee
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