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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