Seán Walsh (footballer)

Seán Walsh

Personal information

Native name

Seán Breathnach (Irish)

Born

6 April 1957

Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

Occupation

Auctioneer

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Sport

Gaelic football

Position

Midfield

Club

Years

Club

Kerins O'Rahilly's

Inter-county

Years

County

Apps (scores)

1976-1987

Kerry

41 (6-22)

Inter-county titles

Seán Walsh (born 6 April 1957) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Kerins O'Rahilly's club and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1976 and 1987, during which he won seven All-Ireland SFC titles.^[1]

His sons Tommy and Barry John also played football for Kerry.

References

^ "Profile of Seán Walsh". www.hoganstand.com. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

Kerry squads

Kerry – 1975 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (8th title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 V. O'Connor 3 M. O'Sullivan 4 M. Colgan 5 J. J. O'Connor 6 M. Spillane 7 G. Casey 8 S. Walsh 9 N. O'Donovan 10 F. Scannell (c) 11 J. Mulvihill 12 R. Bunyan 13 C. O'Connor 14 J. O'Shea 15 P. Sheehan

Kerry – 1975 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (3rd title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 K. O'Donoghue 3 P. Ó Sé 4 G. Leahy 5 M. Spillane 6 T. Kennelly 7 D. Moran 8 G. O'Driscoll 9 S. Walsh 10 B. Walsh 11 M. Sheehy 12 D. Murphy 13 T. Doyle 14 J. O'Shea 15 P. Spillane Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1976 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (4th title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 M. Colgan 3 P. Ó Sé 4 G. Leahy 5 M. Spillane 6 D. Moran 7 V. O'Connor 8 S. Walsh 9 J. O'Shea 10 N. O'Donovan 11 P. Spillane 12 G. Murphy 13 B. Walsh 14 G. O'Sullivan 15 P. Foley Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1977 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (5th title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 M. Keane 3 V. O'Connor 4 M. Spillane 5 D. Moran (c) 6 J. Mulvihill 7 G. Casey 8 J. O'Shea 9 E. Liston 10 T.Doyle 11 S. Walsh 12 P. Foley 14 T. Bridgeman 15 D. Coffey Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs used: 21 C. Nelligan for P. O'Mahony; 16 S. Walsh for P. McCarthy; 17 G. O'Driscoll for M. O'Sullivan

Subs not used: 18 J. Long; 19 A. O'Keeffe; 20 J. Walsh; 22 V. O'Connor; 23 B. Walsh

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: D. McCarthy; P. O'Donoghue; P. O'Shea; M. Kelly

Kerry – 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (24th title)

Sub used: 20 Paudie O'Mahony for J. Deenihan

Subs not used: 16 J. Mulvihill; 17 V. O'Connor; 18 P. O'Mahony; 19 G. Griffin; 21 P. McCarthy; 22 M. O'Sullivan; 23 T. Bridgeman; 24 G. O'Driscoll

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: P. O'Shea; J. Keohane; L. Higgins; B. O'Callaghan

Kerry – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (25th title)

Sub used: 16 V. O'Connor

Sub used: 17 G. Power; 18 G. O'Keeffe; 19 B. Walsh; 20 J. L. McElligott; 21 P. O'Mahony; 22 G. O'Driscoll; 23 T. O'Regan

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: P. O'Shea; J. Keohane; L. Higgins; B. O'Callaghan

Kerry – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (26th title)

Sub used: 19 G. O'Driscoll for G. Power

Subs not used: 14 E. Liston; 16 M. Spillane; 18 D. O'Donoghue; 20 J. Walsh; 21 P. O'Mahony

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: P. O'Shea; J. Keohane; L. Higgins; B. O'Callaghan

Kerry – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (27th title)

Subs used: P. Spillane for J. Egan; G. O'Keeffe for M. Spillane

Subs not used: 18 T. Spillane; 19 P. Sheahan; 20 B. O'Sullivan; 21 P. O'Mahony

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: P. O'Shea; J. Keohane; L. Higgins; B. O'Callaghan

Kerry – 1981–82 National Football League Champions (14th title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 J. Deenihan (c) 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 G. O'Keeffe 5 V. O'Connor 6 T. Kennelly 7 G. Lynch 8 S. Walsh 9 J. O'Shea 10 J. McElligott 11 D. Moran 12 T. Doyle 13 G. Power 14 E. Liston 15 J. Egan Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Sub used: 20 P. Spillane for D. Moran

Subs not used: 16 G. Lynch; 17 V. O'Connor; 18 M. Spillane; 19 J. L. McElligott; 20 P. O'Mahony; 21 J. Doyle; 22 H. Moynihan; 23 J. Deenihan

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: P. O'Shea; J. Keohane; L. Higgins; B. O'Callaghan

Kerry – 1983–84 National Football League Champions (15th title)
1 C. Nelligan 2 P. Ó Sé 3 V. O'Connor 4 M. Spillane 5 T. Doyle 6 J. Higgins 7 G. Power 8 J. O'Shea 9 S. Walsh 10 T. O'Dowd 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 D. O'Donoghue (c) 14 T. Spillane 15 M. Sheehy Subs E. Liston W. Maher Manager M. O'Dwyer

Kerry – 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (28th title)

Sub used: 18 T. O'Dowd for J. Egan

Subs not used: 16 M. Sheehy; 19 D. O'Donoghue; 20 J. Higgins; 21 D. Hartnett; 22 G. O'Sullivan; 23 W. O'Connor; 24 V. O'Connor; 25 T. Lynch; 26 M. Keating

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: K. Griffin; J. Keohane; M. O'Sullivan; E. O'Sullivan

Kerry – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (29th title)

Sub used: 17 J. Kennedy for G. Power

Subs not used: 16 J. Higgins; 18 G. O'Sullivan; 19 J. Mulvihill; 20 S. Liston; 21 D. Hanafin; 22 D. O'Donoghue; 23 J. Keane; 24 L. Kearns

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: T. Kennelly; J. Keohane; M. O'Sullivan; E. O'Sullivan

Kerry – 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (30th title)

Sub used: 17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan

Subs not used: 16 J. Kennedy; 18 J. Higgins; 19 M. Galwey; 20 S. Stack; 21 D. Hanafin

Manager: M. O'Dwyer
Selectors: T. Kennelly; J. Keohane; M. O'Sullivan; K. Griffin

1979 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. Cullen 2 E. Hughes 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 T. Heneghan 5 T. Drumm 6 T. Kennelly 7 D. Murray 8 D. Earley 9 B. Brogan 10 G. Power 11 S. Walsh 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 S. Lowry 15 J. McGrath

1981 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 M. Furlong 2 J. Deenihan 3 P. Kennedy 4 P. Lynch 5 P. Ó Sé 6 R. Connor 7 S. McHugh 8 J. O'Shea 9 S. Walsh 10 B. Brennan 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 E. Liston 15 B. Lowry