Frank Malone (Gaelic footballer)

Frank Malone
Personal information
Irish name	Prionsias Ó Maoileoin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left corner-back
Born	1903 Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	2 September 1953 (aged 50) Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Naas
Club titles
Kildare titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1926-1932	Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	6
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

Laurence F. "Frank" Malone (1903 – 2 September 1953) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-back for the Kildare senior team.^[1]

Malone made his debut during the 1926 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen during the golden age of Kildare football. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and six Leinster medals. Higgins was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.

At club level Malone was a six-time county club championship medalist with Naas.

References

↑ "Death of a noted footballer". Kildare history website. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

Frank Malone navigation boxes

Kildare – 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 M. Walsh 2 M. Buckley (c) 3 G. Fitzpatrick 4 F. Malone 5 J. Higgins 6 J. Hayes 7 J. Loughlin 8 B. Gannon 9 J. Curtis 10 P. Martin 11 P. Doyle 12 B. Mangan 13 P. Loughlin 14 T. Keogh 15 M. Goff Sub used P. Ryan

Kildare – 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 M. Walsh 2 M. Buckley 3 M. Goff 4 G. Fitzpatrick 5 F. Malone 6 J. Higgins 7 J. Hayes 8 J. Loughlin 9 B. Gannon (c) 10 P. Martin 11 P. Loughlin 12 P. Doyle 13 B. Mangan 14 J. Curtis 15 T. Keogh

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