- Martin Furlong
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Martin Furlong Personal information Irish name Máirtín Furlong Sport Gaelic football Position Goalkeeper Born 14 September 1946
Tullamore, County OffalyHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Club(s) Years Club 1963-1985 Tullamore Club Titles Offaly titles 3 Inter-county(ies) Years County Apps (scores) 1966-1985 Offaly 62 (0-00) Inter-county titles Leinster titles 7 All Irelands 3 NFL 0 All Stars 4 Martin Furlong (born 14 September 1946 in Tullamore, County Offaly) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Tullamore and was the first-choice goalkeeper on the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1966 until 1985.[1] Furlong is the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland medals in 1971, 1972 and 1982. He also won a All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1964. He won the Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1982 after Offaly's All Irealnd win.
References
- ^ "Offaly GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Offaly/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
Offaly - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1969 1 M. Furlong | 2 P. McCormack | 3 G. Hughes | 4 J. Egan (c) | 5 E. Mulligan | 6 N. Clavin | 7 M. Ryan | 8 L. Coughlan | 9 W. Bryan | 10 P. Keenan | 11 A. Hickey | 12 T. McTague | 13 S. Kilroy | 14 S. Evans | 15 S. Cooney |
Subs used: F. Costelloe for A. Hickey | K. Kilmurray for P. Keenan | P. Monaghan for S. Kilroy |Offaly - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1971 (1st title) 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Ryan | 3 P. McCormack | 4 M. O'Rourke | 5 E. Mulligan | 6 N. Clavin | 7 M. Heavey | 8 W. Bryan (c) | 9 K. Claffey | 10 S. Cooney | 11 K. Kilmurray | 12 T. McTague | 13 J. Gunning | 14 S. Evans | 3 M. Connor |
Subs used: J. Smith for N. Clavin | P. Fenning for J. Gunning |Offaly - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1972 (2nd title) 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Ryan | 3 P. McCormack | 4 L. Coughlan | 5 E. Mulligan | 6 S. Lowry | 7 M. Heavey | 8 W. Bryan | 9 S. Evans | 10 S. Cooney | 11 K. Kilmurray | 12 T. McTague (c) | 13 S. Darby | 14 J. Smith | 15 P. Fenning |
Subs used: M. Connor for S. Cooney | N. Clavin for E. Mulligan | M. Wright for L. Coughlan |Offaly - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1981 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Fitzgerald | 3 L. Connor | 4 C. Conroy | 5 P. Fitzgerald | 6 R. Connor (c) | 7 L. Currams | 8 T. Connor | 9 P. Dunne | 10 V. Henry | 11 G. Carroll | 12 A. O'Halloran | 13 M. Connor | 14 S. Lowry | 15 B. Lowry |
Subs used: J. Mooney for T. Connor | J. Moran for V. Henry |
Manager: E. McGee |Offaly - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1982 (3rd title) 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Lowry | 3 L. Connor | 4 M. FitzGerald | 5 P. FitzGerald | 6 S. Lowry | 7 L. Currams | 8 T. Connor | 9 P. Dunne | 10 J. Guinan | 11 R. Connor (c) | 12 G. Carroll | 13 J. Mooney | 14 M. Connor | 15 B. Lowry |
Subs used: Stephen Darby for M. Lowry | Séamus Darby for J. Guinan |
Manager: E. McGee |1972 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Ryan | 3 P. McCormack | 4 D. O'Sullivan | 5 B. McEniff | 6 T. J. Gilmore | 7 K. J. O'Sullivan | 8 W. Bryan | 9 M. O'Connell |
10 J. Cooney | 11 K. Kilmurray | 12 T. McTague | 13 M. Freyne | 14 S. O'Neill | 15 P. Moriarty1981 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 M. Furlong | 2 J. Deenihan | 3 P. Kennedy | 4 P. Lynch | 5 P. Ó Sé | 6 R. Connor | 7 S. McHugh | 8 J. O'Shea | 9 S. Walsh |
10 B. Brennan | 11 D. Moran | 12 P. Spillane | 13 M. Sheehy | 14 E. Liston | 15 B. Lowry1982 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 M. Furlong | 2 M. Fitzgerald | 3 L. O'Connor | 4 K. Kehily | 5 P. Ó Sé | 6 S. Lowry | 7 L. Currams | 8 J. O'Shea | 9 P. Dunne |
10 P. McGinnity | 11 J. Kernan | 12 M. Connor | 13 M. Sheehy | 14 E. Liston | 15 J. Egan1983 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 M. Furlong | 2 P. Ó Sé | 3 S. Kinneavy | 4 J. Evans | 5 P. Canavan | 6 T. Drumm | 7 J. Kerrigan | 8 J. O'Shea | 9 L. Austin |
10 B. Rock | 11 M. Connor | 12 G. Blaney | 13 M. McHugh | 14 C. O'Rourke | 15 J. McNallyCategories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Tullamore Gaelic footballers
- Offaly Gaelic footballers
- Leinster Gaelic footballers
- Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
- People from County Offaly
- Leinster Gaelic football biography stubs
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