Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Ceallaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Back | ||
| Born | Kellyville, County Laois | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1999–2004 2005 2006–2011 |
St Joseph's Round Towers Clondalkin St Joseph's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Laois titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1999–2010 | Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
His club is St Joseph's. He usually played at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All Stars Award[1] and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.[2]
Kelly twice travelled to Australia for the International Rules Series,[3] where he was Ireland's player of the series in 2005.[4]
With St Joseph's, Kelly picked up two Laois Senior Football Championship medals.[citation needed]
In January 2011, Kelly was forced to retire due to a neck injury he sustained the year before.[5]
Honours
edit- Club
- Laois Senior Football Championship (2): 1996, 2000
- Laois All-County Football League (2): 2001, 2010
- Inter-county
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2003
- Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1998
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- Individual
- All Star (1): 2003
- International Rules Series Player of the Series (1): 2005
References
edit- ^ "GAA Stories". Donegal News. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Laois is happy to follow Armagh". Belfast Telegraph. 2 August 2003. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Kelly hoping for courageous effort". Hogan Stand. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Aussies triumph but at a price?". Hogan Stand. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Laois' Kelly career cut short". RTÉ Sport. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.