Gary Connaughton

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Gary Connaughton
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	Athlone, Westmeath
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tubberclair
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003-2013	Westmeath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All Stars	1

Gary Connaughton is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Westmeath. With his huge frame and massive kickouts he has been often described as one of Westmeath's greatest ever Gaelic players. He was nominated three times for an All Stars Award and was awarded an All Stars Award for performances in 2008. He has worked in his family's company, Connaughton Sand & Gravel ltd whilst playing Gaelic, Before returning to Third level education and is currently in his final year of a Business Degree at Athlone Institute of Technology, His club team is Tubberclair GAA Club in which he also plays as goalkeeper.

He also played League of Ireland soccer with Athlone Town for several seasons. He has also represented Ireland at underage soccer winning a European Under 19 Championship medal in 1998 under the guidance of manager Brian Kerr, where he was second to first choice keeper Alex O'Reilly of West Ham United, He played one match in the tournament against France, In that same year he received a trial with Newcastle United.^[1]

He announced his retirement from inter-county football after 10 years on 1 July 2013 after Westmeath's first round qualifier defeat to Fermanagh.^[2]

References

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↑ "Gary Connaughton announces his retirement from inter-county football". RTÉ Sport. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

v t e Westmeath – 2008 National Football League Div 2 Champions (3rd title)

1 G. Connaughton 2 J. Keane 3 K. Gavin 4 F. Boyle 5 M. Ennis 6 D. Heavin 7 D. Healy 8 M. Flanagan 9 D. O'Donoghue 10 F. Wilson 11 J. Smyth 12 D. Harte 13 A. Mangan 14 Denis Glennon 15 D. Bannon Subs: D. Dolan Manager: T Ó Flatharta

Ireland football team – 2010 International Rules Series

1 S. Cluxton
2 C. Begley
3 B. Brogan
4 G. Canty
5 S. Cavanagh (c)
6 M. Clarke
7 B. Donaghy
8 L. Glynn
9 D. Goulding
10 F. Hanley (vc)
11 J. Kavanagh
12 P. Keenan
13 T. Kennelly
14 S. McDermott
15 S. McDonnell
16 C. McKeever
17 K. McKernan
18 B. Murphy
19 M. Murphy
20 K. Reilly
21 M. Shields
22 T. Walsh
23 E. Bolton
26 B. Coulter

Standby players

24 G. Brennan
25 G. Connaughton
27 E. Fennell
28 J. McCarthy
29 N. McNamee

Coach: A. Tohill

Selectors: S. de Paor; E. Liston; K. O'Brien

v t e 2008 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 G. Connaughton 2 C. Gormley 3 J. McMahon 4 J. Keane 5 D. Harte 6 T. Ó Sé 7 P. Jordan 8 E. McGinley 9 S. Ryan 10 B. Dooher 11 D O'Sullivan 12 S. Cavanagh^FOTY 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 R. Clarke

Persondata
Name	Connaughton, Gary
Alternative names
Short description	Irish footballer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Tubberclair, County Westmeath
Date of death
Place of death

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