Tom O'Sullivan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Súilleabháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left Full Back | ||
| Born |
15 November 1978 County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1997 - 2012 | Rathmore | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2000-2011 | Kerry | 65 (0-01) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Tom O'Sullivan is a former Gaelic football player from County Kerry. A Garda Síochána by profession, he played his club football for Rathmore and his county football for Kerry GAA.
O'Sullivan never played football for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. However, he was part of the Kerry Vocational Schools team that won the All Ireland in 1997.
He moved on to the Under 21 team in 1998 lining out at Full Back in the Munster semi final game with Clare, a game Kerry ran out winnings in a close game on a 0-10 to 0-07 scoreline. This set up a Munster Under-21 Football Championship final with Tipperary. In another close game Kerry ended on the right side of a 3-10 to 1-11 scoreline to give O'Sullivan a first Munster title in the grade. The All Ireland semi final paired Kerry with Ulster championships Armagh. Unlike during Munster Kerry ran out comfortable winners on a 1-14 to 0-09 point scoreline, with O'Sullivan once again at Full Back. This set up an All Ireland final with Laois. Despite fielding a number of players who had won All Ireland minor titles the 2 previous years O'Sullivan's side won 2-08 to 0-11 scoreline to give Kerry their 3 title in 4 years and a first for O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan was back in the no 3 jersey for the start of the 1999 championship as Kerry ran out easy winners in the first round on a 1-22 to 1-04 scoreline against Waterford. Ths set up a semi final with Limerick. Despite having appeared in 2 Munster minor finals in the years before Kerry had little trouble overcoming them on a 3-12 to 0-06 scorelne. That result set up a Munster final with Cork. Despite being closer than the first two games O'Sullivan's sde still ran out comfortable 1-10 to 0-07 winners, giving O Sullivn his second Munster title. In the semi final Kerry had yet another comfortable win this time over Roscommon on a 3-15 to 109 scoreline. In the final Kerry would face Leinster surprise package Weastmeath. Having not been tested all year Kerry went into the game as huge favorites. However at the final whistle Kerry found themselves at the wrong end of a 1-12 to 0-09 scoreline in one of the biggest shocks in the history of the championship. O'Sullivan played 9 games in total for the Under 21s durling his 2 years all at Full Back.
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