Lar Foley
Profile shot of Lar Foley
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Liam Ó Foghlú | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Full Back | ||
| Hurling Position: | Full Back | ||
| Born |
23 November 1938 Dublin, Ireland |
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| Died | 4 May 2003 (aged 64) | ||
| Nickname | Lar | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1956-1976 1956-1976 |
St Vincents (H) St Vincents (F) |
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| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 12 | 4 | |
| Leinster titles | 2 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| c. 1958-1970 c. 1958-1970 |
Dublin (H) Dublin (F) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Leinster Titles | 5 | 1 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 2 | 0 | |
Liam 'Lar' Foley (23 November 1938 – 4 March 2003) was a hurling and Gaelic football player from Dublin, Ireland, who played inter county for Dublin and for the Dublin-based club St Vincents. He won two All-Ireland medals for Dublin in 1958 and 1963, and was named as Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1963.
Foley lived in Kinsealy in North County Dublin. He and his Brother Des were cereal farmers and the sons of Patrick Foley of PK Foley Ltd - an early transportation Company well known in Dublin.
In the later part of Lar's life he developed a heart condition and died at home in Kinsealy of a heart attack during May 2003.
Lar Foley is known as one of Dublin GAA’s true great players. The St Vincent’s clubman enjoyed a successful career at club, county and provincial levels in both codes, in the process guaranteeing himself a permanent place in GAA folklore. A GAA immortal in every sense of the term, the brilliant dual player was at his prime in the ’60s but his extraordinary career also stretched well into the preceding and succeeding decades. He was awarded Texaco Footballer of the Year for performances in 1963.
Foley never experienced the glory of All-Ireland club final day success - not because the team wasn’t good enough but because the competition didn’t even exist until the tail end of his career. The St Vincent’s side of the 1960s would undoubtedly have been a dominant force at national level but the All-Ireland club championship was only inaugurated in 1970. Having featured on the team beaten by Erin's Hope in the 1956 county final, Lar went on to win a total of twelve Dublin Senior Football Championship, with six wins between 1957 and 1962 and again in 1964, 1966 and 1967 the three in a row between 1970 and 1972. Vincents took on Nemo Rangers in the 1973 final. It went to a replay before the Cork kingpins came out on top, Foley appearing as a substitute in both games. He had retired by the time St Vincent’s won their first All-Ireland title three years later.
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