Johnny Walsh (Gaelic footballer)

Johnny Walsh
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Breathnach
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	(1909-08-20)20 August 1909 Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	23 June 1998(1998-06-23) (aged 88) Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation	National school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballylongford Shannon Rangers
Club titles
Kerry titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1932-1944	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	10
All-Irelands	5
NFL	0

John Bernard Walsh (20 August 1909 - 23 June 1998) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1932 until 1944.^[1]

Walsh first played competitive football for the Ballylongford club. He won a number of North Kerry senior championship medals with the club towards the end of his career. As a member of the Shannon Rangers divisional team Walsh won two county senior championship medals.

Walsh made his inter-county debut during the 1932 championship. Over the course of the next thirteen seasons he won five All-Ireland medals, beginning with wins in 1932 and 1937 before winning three successive championships from 1939 to 1941. Walsh also won ten Munster medals. He played his last game for Kerry in September 1944.

After being selected for the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1941, Walsh was a regular for three successive seasons. During that time he won one Railway Cup medal.

Honours

Shannon Rangers

Kerry Senior Football Championship (2): 1942, 1945

Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (5): 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941
Munster Senior Football Championship (10): 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944

Munster

Railway Cup (1): 1941

References

↑ "Player profile: Johnny Walsh". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

Johnny Walsh navigation boxes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom Gega O'Connor	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1942-1943	Succeeded by Paddy Bawn Brosnan

Kerry – 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (11th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 P. Whitty 8 B. Stack 9 J. Walsh 10 C. Geaney 11 M. Doyle 12 T. Landers 13 J. Ryan 14 C. Brosnan 15 J. J. Landers Sub used B. Landers for C. Geaney

Kerry – 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (12th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Kinnerk 3 J. Keohane 4 B. Myers 5 T. O'Donnell 6 B. Dillon 7 T. Healy 8 J. Walsh 9 S. Brosnan 10 J. Flavin 11 C. O'Sullivan 12 T. Landers 13 J. J. Landers 14 M. Doyle (c) 15 T. O'Leary Subs used T. O'Connor for T. O'Donnell Played in drawn game G. Fitzgerald P. Kennedy S. McCarthy

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Kerry – 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (13th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 P. Kennedy 9 J. O'Gorman 10 M. Kelly 11 T. O'Connor (c) 12 J. Walsh 13 C. O'Sullivan 14 D. Spring 15 T. Landers

Kerry – 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (14th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 J. Walsh 10 J. O'Gorman 11 T. O'Connor 12 P. Kennedy 13 M. Kelly 14 D. Spring (c) 15 C. O'Sullivan Sub used P.B. Brosnan

Kerry – 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (15th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon (c) 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 P. Kennedy 10 J. Walsh 11 T. O'Connor 12 P.B. Brosnan 13 J. O'Gorman 14 M. Kelly 15 C. O'Sullivan Subs used T. Landers for B. Myers M. Lyne for J. Walsh

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