Mick O'Connell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Conaill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
4 January 1937 Valentia Island, County Kerry |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Nickname | Micko | ||
| Occupation | Farmer and fisherman | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Young Islanders Waterville South Kerry |
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| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1956-1974 | Kerry | 56 (1-121) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 12 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NFL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Michael "Mick" O'Connell (born 4 January 1937) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned nineteen seasons from 1956 to 1974. O'Connell is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Born on Valentia Island, County Kerry, O'Connell was raised in a family that had no real link to Gaelic football. In spite of this he excelled at the game in his youth and also at Cahersiveen CBS. By his late teens O'Connell had joined the Young Islanders, and won seven South Kerry divisional championship medals in a club career that spanned four decades and included a spell playing with Waterville. He also lined out with South Kerry, winning three county senior championship medals between 1955 and 1958.
O'Connell made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team. He enjoyed one championship season with the minors, however, he was a Munster runner-up on that occasion. O'Connell subsequently joined the Kerry senior team, making his debut during the 1956 championship. Over the course of the next nineteen seasons, he won eight All-Ireland medals, beginning with lone triumphs in 1959 and 1962, and culminating in back-to-back championships in 1969 and 1970. O'Connell also won twelve Munster medals, six National Football League medals and was named Footballer of the Year in 1962. He played his last game for Kerry in July 1974.
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