Tony McManus (Gaelic footballer)

Tony McManus
Personal information
SportGaelic football
PositionForward
Born14 April 1957
County Roscommon, Ireland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2000'sClann na nGael
Club titles
Roscommon titles12
Connacht titles7
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
UCD
College titles
Sigerson titles3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1971-Roscommon
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles6
NFL1
All Stars1

Tony McManus (born 14 April 1957)[1] is a former Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon, Ireland. He played with the Roscommon intercounty team from the 1970s until the 1990s. He had much success winning Connacht Senior Football Championships in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, an National League Title in 1979, an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1978,[2] he also played in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final in 1980 when Roscommon lost out to Kerry, he also won an All Star Award in 1989.

He had much success at club level also with Clann na nGael. He won 12 Roscommon Senior Football Championship medals in 1976-77, 1979, 1981–82, 1984–91, he won 7 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship medals in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989.

He also won 3 Sigerson Cup medals with UCD in 1977, 1978 and 1979 as captain.

References

  1. "McManus, Tony". Hoganstand.com. 1991-06-28. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. "Roscommon past U21 side to be honoured". Hoganstand.com. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2011-01-04.