Seamus Bonner

Seamus Bonner
Personal information
SportGaelic football
PositionMidfield / Full Forward
OccupationGarda
Club(s)
YearsClub
? - ?Drumbar
Four Masters
Civil Service
Club titles
Dublin titles1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1972 - 1985Donegal129
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles3

Seamus Bonner (6 November 1948 - 11 October 2012) was an Irish sportsperson who played Gaelic football for Donegal, 129 games in total between 1972 and 1985.[1] He made his Championship debut against Down at Ballybofey in 1972 and played his last Championship game against Monaghan in 1985.[2]

Initially in midfield, he later played at full forward.[1] During his playing career he won three Ulster Senior Football Championships. He later won two more as a selector under the reign of Brian McEniff, and was there in 1992 when Donegal won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[1] He later managed Leitrim for a short while.[1][3] In 1974 he scored seven goals in four games, including one against Galway in that year's All-Ireland semi-final.[4]

He played his club football for Drumbar, then Four Masters, then Civil Service, captaining the last team to the 1980 Dublin Senior Football Championship.[1]

Originally from Donegal town, he died after a short illness in 2012. A retired Garda, he was the father of St. Brigid's and Dublin footballer Kevin Bonner.[1]

Honours

Player
Mentor

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Donegal legend Bonner passes away". Hogan Stand. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. "Donegal's backroom team in 1992". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. Breheny, Martin (24 November 2012). "The import and export business". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  4. "Regretted death of a Donegal GAA legend - Seamus Bonner". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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