Steven McDonnell (Gaelic footballer)

Steven McDonnell
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	(1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 Newry, County Armagh
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
? -Present	Killeavy
Club titles
Armagh titles	0
Ulster titles	0
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1999-2012	Armagh	44^[1] 15-111 (156)^[2]
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	7
All-Irelands	1
NFL	1 Division 1 2005 & 1 Division 2 2010
All Stars	3 Irish News Allstars = 6 3 International Rules 1 Armagh Intermediate championship 2012
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC).

Steven McDonnell (born 13 July 1979) is a former Gaelic football player for Armagh.

Playing career

Raised in Killeavy, near Newry, McDonnell played in the full-forward line for his home club Killeavy St Moninna's GAC and for the Armagh senior football panel. The highlight of his career was his team's All-Ireland winning victory over Kerry by a scoreline of 1-12 to 0-14 in the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park, where he kicked the winning point. He also received the first of his three All-Stars for his performances that year. In 2003 he was named GPA Footballer of the Year, and the Ulster GAA Writers' Player of the Year.

In 2006 he secured an Ulster Senior Football Championship winning medal for his part in Armagh's easily won victory over rivals Donegal. In 2010 he captained Armagh to a National Football League Division 2 title after beating Down in the final in Croke Park.

In 2010 he was also named captain of the Ireland International rules team. In 2011 he became the first ever player in the history of the International rules to score over 100 points. He finished his International career with a tally of 118 points.

On 12 April 2012 he announced his retirement.

Notes

↑ Bogue, Declan (2008-05-16). "McGrane set for '60'". Gaelic Life. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Ulster's hot-shots". BBC Online. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-17.

References

http://www.hoganstand.com/Armagh/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=47857

External links

Armagh Football Squads

Armagh – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 B. Tierney
2 E. McNulty
3 J. McNulty
4 F. Bellew
5 A. O'Rourke
6 K. McGeeney (c)
7 A. McCann
8 J. Toal
9 P. McGrane
10 P. McKeever
11 J. McEntee
12 O. McConville
13 S. McDonnell
14 R. Clarke
15 D. Marsden

Subs used: B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee; T. McEntee for P. McKeever

Subs not used: P. Hearty; K. Hughes; C. O'Rourke; P. Loughran; J. Donalson; B. Duffy; G. Reid; P. McCormack; S. Maxwell; P. Duffy; C. O'Neill; K. McElvanna; S. Smyth

Manager: J. Kernan

Armagh – 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Hearty 2 F. Bellew 3 E. McNulty 4 A. Mallon 5 A. O'Rourke 6 K. McGeeney 7 A. McCann 8 P. Loughran 9 P. McGrane 10 R. Clarke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 D. Marsden 15 T. McEntee Subs used P. McKeever for D. Marsden K. Hughes for A. Mallon D. Marsden for A. Mallon B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee Manager J. Kernan

Armagh – 2005 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 P. Hearty 2 A. Mallon 3 F. Bellew 4 P. McCormack 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 C. McKeever 8 J. Toal 9 P. McGrane 10 M. O'Rourke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 B. Mallon Subs used P. McKeever A. McCann J. McNulty P. Loughran A. O'Rourke Manager J. Kernan

Ireland Football Squads

Ireland football team – 2006 International Rules Series

McGeeney (c) Barden Begley Bergin Brogan Cavanagh Clarke Coulter Donaghy Early Fitzgerald Galvin Geraghty Kelly Kennelly Lacey Lockhart McDonnell Moyles Murphy O'Mahony Ó Sé Quirke Reilly Ryan Coach Boylan

Ireland football team – 2008 International Rules Series

Subs: Paul Finlay; M. McGrath; K. Young

Standby players: A. Carr; R. Clarke; C. Gormley; K. McCloy

Coach: S. Boylan

Selectors: A. Tohill; H. Kenny; E. Liston

Runner: S. M. Lockhart
Other backroom members: T. Kennelly; T. Brennan; M. McGurn

(Team as of 24 October 2008 versus Australia)

Ireland football team – 2010 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton
2 Begley
3 Brogan
4 Canty
5 Cavanagh (c)
6 Clarke
7 Donaghy
8 Glynn
9 Goulding
10 Hanley (vc)
11 Kavanagh
12 Keenan
13 Kennelly
14 McDermott
15 McDonnell
16 McKeever
17 McKernan
18 B. Murphy
19 M. Murphy
20 Reilly
21 Shields
22 Walsh
23 Bolton
26 Coulter

Standby players

24 Brennan
25 Connaughton
27 Fennell
28 McCarthy
29 McNamee

Coach: Tohill

Selectors: de Paor; Liston; O'Brien

Ireland football team – 2011 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton (c) 2 Begley 3 Bolton 4 Cadogan 5 Callaghan 6 Donaghy 7 Glynn 8 F. Hanley 9 P. Hanley 11 Hughes 13 Kelly 14 Kennelly 15 Lacey 16 McDonnell 18 McKeever (vc) 19 McKernan 20 McMahon 21 McGee 22 B. Murphy 23 M. Murphy 27 Reilly 28 Tuohy 31 Walsh Coach Tohill

Ireland international rules football team - captains

1998–1999: McDermott 2000: Giles 2001: Tohill 2002: Moynihan 2003: Canty 2004–2005: Joyce 2006: McGeeney 2008: Cavanagh 2010: McDonnell 2011: Cluxton 2013–2014: Murphy 2015–present: Brogan

Awards

2000 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 S. McGreevy 2 E. McNulty 3 P. McGuinness 4 J. McNulty 5 K. Hughes 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. McFlynn 8 A. Tohill 9 J. McEntee 10 C. O'Rourke 11 R. Gallagher 12 P. McGrane 13 S. McDonnell 14 E. Muldoon 15 K. Brady

2003 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 M. McVeigh 2 N. McCready 3 C. McAnallen 4 R. McMenamin 5 A. O'Rourke 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. Jordan 8 P. McGrane 9 S. Cavanagh 10 B. Dooher 11 J. McEntee 12 B. Coulter 13 S. McDonnell 14 Peter Canavan 15 E. Mulligan

2004 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 N. Tinney 2 R. McMenamin 3 B. Owens 4 R. McCluskey 5 K. Hughes 6 S. McDermott 7 P. Jordan 8 M. McGrath 9 S. Cavanagh 10 É. Maguire 11 B. McGuigan 12 M. Little 13 S. McDonnell 14 P. Bradley 15 E. Muldoon

2005 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 P. Hearty 2 R. McMenamin 3 K. McCloy 4 A. Mallon 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. Jordan 8 S. Cavanagh 9 P. McGrane 10 B. Dooher 11 T. Freeman 12 S. O'Neill 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 P. Bradley

2006 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 P. Hearty 2 K. Lacey 3 B. Owens 4 F. Bellew 5 A. Kernan 6 B. Monaghan 7 B. Dunnion 8 P. McGrane 9 K. McGeeney 10 M. Little 11 E. Bradley 12 R. Kavanagh 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 P. Bradley

2008 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 R. Gallagher 2 S. Goan 3 F. Bellew 4 J. McMahon 5 R. McMenamin 6 R. McCluskey 7 C. McKeever 8 M. McGrath 9 E. McGinley 10 B. Dooher 11 S. Cavanagh 12 M. Little 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 T. Freeman

All Stars Footballer of the Year

1995: Canavan 1996: Giles 1997: Fitzgerald 1998: Donnellan 1999: Giles 2000: Moynihan 2001: Joyce 2002: McGeeney 2003: McDonnell 2004: T. Ó Sé 2005: O'Neill 2006: Donaghy 2007: M. Ó Sé 2008: Cavanagh 2009: Galvin 2010: B. Brogan 2011: A. Brogan 2012: Lacey 2013: MacAuley 2014: O'Donoghue 2015: McCaffrey

2002 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 S. Cluxton 2 E. McNulty 3 P. Christie 4 A. Lynch 5 A. O'Rourke 6 K. McGeeney^FOTY 7 K. Cassidy 8 D. Ó Sé 9 P. McGrane 10 S. McDonnell 11 E. O'Hara 12 O. McConville 13 P. Canavan 14 R. Cosgrove 15 C. Cooper

2003 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 F. Byron 2 F. Bellew 3 Cormac McAnallen 4 J. Higgins 5 C. Gormley 6 T. Kelly 7 P. Jordan 8 K. Walsh 9 S. Cavanagh 10 B. Dooher 11 B. McGuigan 12 D. Browne 13 S. McDonnell^FOTY 14 P. Canavan 15 A. Sweeney

2005 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 D. Murphy 2 R. McMenamin 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. Mallon 5 T. Ó Sé 6 C. Gormley 7 P. Jordan 8 S. Cavanagh 9 P. McGrane 10 B. Dooher 11 P. Canavan 12 E. Mulligan 13 C. Cooper 14 S. O'Neill^FOTY 15 S. McDonnell

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