Mikey Sheehy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Síthigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born |
28 July 1954 Tralee, County Kerry Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Financial consultant | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Austin Stacks | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 5 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1973–1988 | Kerry | 45 (29–205) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 11 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NFL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 7 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:49, 8 November 2016. | |||
Michael "Mikey" Sheehy (born 28 July 1954) is an Irish Gaelic football selector and former player. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen seasons from 1973 to 1988. Sheehy is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Born in Tralee, County Kerry, Sheehy was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Jim Sheehy, had played with the Laune Rangers club in his youth. Sheehy first excelled at Gaelic football during his schooling at Tralee CBS. He first appeared for the Austin Stacks club at underage levels, before winning an All-Ireland medal with the senior team in 1977. Sheehy also won one Munster medal and five county club championship medals.
Sheehy made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was picked on the Kerry minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minors, however, he was a Munster runner-up on both occasions. Sheehy subsequently joined the Kerry under-21 team, winning two All-Ireland medals in 1973 and 1975. By this stage he had also joined the Kerry senior team, making his debut during the 1973-74 league. Over the course of the next fifteen seasons, Sheehy won eight All-Ireland medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 1975, a record-equalling four championships in-a-row from 1978 to 1981 and three championships in-a-row from 1984 to 1986. He also won eleven Munster medals, three National Football League medals and was named Footballer of the Year in 1979. He played his last game for Kerry in July 1987.
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