Tony Scullion
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Antóin Ó Scolláin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born |
6 February 1962 Derry, Northern Ireland |
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| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Nickname | Tiger | ||
| Occupation | Football Development Officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1978-2000 | Ballinascreen | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1983-1996 | Derry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 4 | ||
Tony 'The Tiger' Scullion (Irish: Antóin Ó Scolláin; born 6 February 1962) is a former Irish dual player who played Gaelic football and hurling with Derry in the 1980s and 1990s. He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, also winning Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1987 and 1993. With Derry footballers he usually played in the full-back line and is regarded as one of the best full-backs of his generation. Scullion played club football and hurling with St. Colm's GAC Ballinascreen.
Scullion is among the few players who won four All Stars over the course of their career and was named full back on the Irish News Team of the Decade in 2004. The public voted him onto the All-Time Derry Football Team via an online poll in 2007. He has recently applied for the vacant Derry Senior football manager's job. Previous clubs he has managed include Ballinascreen, Kildress and Eglish. He was Ulster assistant manager to Joe Kernan for the 2008 Railway Cup.
Born in Moneyneany, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Scullion attended the local St. Eoghan's Primary School, before going to secondary school at St. Colm's, Draperstown. After a further year at Magherafelt Technical College, he went on to work as a labourer for 13 years. He now works as Football Development Officer for the Ulster Council.
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