Brendan Lynch (Gaelic footballer)

Brendan Lynch
Personal information
Irish name	Breandán Ó Loingsigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-forward
Born	1949 Beaufort, County Kerry
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1980s	Beaufort
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1968-1976	Kerry	32 (3-87)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	4
All Stars	0

Brendan Lynch (born 1949 in Beaufort, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Beaufort and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1968 until 1976.^[1] He also played hurling with the Killarney club and won a County Hurling Championship medal in 1969, he also won a Cork County Football Championship and Munster Club Championships with UCC during his college days.

At the age of 25, he was the oldest player on the famous 1975 All-Ireland winning team.^[2]

References

↑ "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
↑ Reilly, Jerome; O'Mahoney, John (16 December 2012). "Shock as Kerry's best-loved son dies of a suspected heart attack". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2012. The oldest person on the team was Brendan Lynch and he was only 25. Nobody gave us a chance: we were just a team of 15 bachelors from Kerry up for the day.

Kerry – 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 S. Burrows 5 Denis O'Sullivan 6 M. Morris 7 Donie O'Sullivan 8 M. O'Connell 9 M. Fleming 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin (c) 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 T. Prendergast 14 D.J. Crowley 15 M. O'Dwyer Subs used P. Moynihan for T. Prendergast S. Mac Gearailt for S. Burrows

Kerry – 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)

1 J. Culloty (c) 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 S. Mac Gearailt 5 T. Prendergast 6 M. Morris 7 M. Ó Sé 8 M. O'Connell 9 D. J. Crowley 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 M. Gleeson 14 L. Higgins 15 M. O'Dwyer Subs (none played): D. O'Sullivan M. Fleming D. O'Donnell J. O'Keeffe D. Crowley Manager J. Lyne

Kerry – 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (22nd title)

1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 D. O'Sullivan (c) 5 T. Prendergast 6 J. O'Keeffe 7 M. Ó Sé 8 M. O'Connell 9 D. J. Crowley 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 M. Gleeson 14 L. Higgins 15 M. O'Dwyer Sub used S. Mac Gearailt Subs not used: P.J. Burns D. Crowley T. O'Donnell P. Finnegan Manager J. Lyne

Kerry – 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used in drawn game: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt; P. Griffin for L. Higgins
Subs used in replay: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt; P. Griffin for M. Gleeson; J. Walsh for B. Lynch

Manager: J. Culloty

Kerry – 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)

1 P. O'Mahony 2 G. O'Keeffe 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 J. Deenihan 5 P. Ó Sé 6 T. Kennelly 7 G. Power 8 P. Lynch 9 P. McCarthy 10 B. Lynch 11 D. Moran 12 M. O'Sullivan (c) 13 J. Egan 14 M. Sheehy 15 P. Spillane Sub used G. O'Driscoll for M. O'Sullivan Subs not used J. Bunyan J. Long B. O'Shea D O'Sullivan J. Walsh Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. O'Mahony 2 G. O'Keeffe 3 J. O'Keeffe (c) 4 J. Deenihan 5 P. Ó Sé 6 T. Kennelly 7 G. Power 8 P. Lynch 9 P. McCarthy 10 D. Moran 11 M. Sheehy 12 M. O'Sullivan 13 B. Lynch 14 J. Egan 14 P. Spillane Subs C. Nelligan S. Walsh G. O'Driscoll Manager M. O'Dwyer

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, July 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.