Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Máirtín Furlong | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born |
Tullamore, County Offaly |
14 September 1946 ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1963-1985 | Tullamore | ||
Club titles | |||
Offaly titles | 3 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1966-1985 | Offaly | 62 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 7 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 4 |
Martin Furlong (born 14 September 1946 in Tullamore, County Offaly) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Tullamore and was the first-choice goalkeeper on the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1966 until 1985. Furlong is the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland medals in 1971, 1972 and 1982. He also won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1964. He won the Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1982 after Offaly's All Ireland win.