Denis Kelleher

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Not to be confused with the Irish football (soccer) player Dennis Kelleher.

Denis "Toots" Kelleher
Personal information
Irish name	Donncha Céileachair
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	1932 Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland
Nickname	Toots
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s-1960s	Millstreet
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1950-1958	Cork	24 (2-29)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	0
NFL	2
* Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:28, 12 April 2012.

Denis "Toots" Kelleher (1931-2002) was an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.

Kelleher made his debut for the team during the 1950 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the completion of the 1958 championship. During that time he won two National League medals and two Munster medals but failed to capture an All-Ireland medal.^[1]

Kelleher also enjoyed a lengthy club career with Millstreet.

References

↑ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

v t e Cork – 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Tyers 2 P. O'Driscoll 3 D. O'Sullivan (c) 4 D. Murray 5 P. Harrington 6 D. Bernard 7 M. Gould 8 S. Moore 9 E. Ryan 10 D. Kelleher 11 N. Duggan 12 P. Murphy 13 T. Furlong 14 N. FitzGerald 15 J. Creedon Subs used É. Goulding for P. Murphy Subs not used L. Power D. O'Sullivan B. O'Sullivan P. Murphy

v t e Cork – 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 L. Power 2 M. Gould 3 D. Bernard 4 D. Murray 5 P. Harrington 6 P. O'Driscoll 7 J. J. Henchion 8 E. Ryan 9 S. Moore 10 J. O'Sullivan 11 N. FitzGerald 12 T. Furlong 13 É. Goulding 14 N. Duggan (c) 15 D. Kelleher Subs used F. McAuliffe for J. O'Sullivan Subs not used T. O'Callaghan D. O'Sullivan C. O'Shea M. McCarthy

Persondata
Name	Kelleher, Denis
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic footballer
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Millstreet, County Cork
Date of death	2002
Place of death	Clogheen, Mount Desert, County Cork

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