Noel Tierney

Noel Tierney

Personal information
Irish name	Nollaig Ó Tiarnaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-back
Born	2 February 1942 (1942-02-02) (age 69) Milltown, County Galway
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	dairy farmer in Tuam, Milltown
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1970s	Garrymore Mayo, then Milltown
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1963-1969	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	5
All Irelands	3
NFL	1

Noel Tierney (born February 2, 1942 in Milltown, County Galway) is a well known Irish] retired Gaelic Football player & sports person. He played Gaelic football with his local club Milltown and was a member of the winning Galway senior inter-county 3 in a row team from 1964 until 1966 inclusive, winning three all Ireland Medals.^[1] He was Captain of the Conaught Railway Cup Winning Team of 1969. He was also on the winning all Ireland minor team of 1960 for Galway.

References

1. ^ "Galway GAA. profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-09. 

Awards
Preceded by Lar Foley (Dublin)	Caltex Footballer of the Year 1965	Succeeded by Martin Newell (Galway)

Teams

Persondata
Name	Tierney, Noel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 2, 1942
Place of birth	Milltown
Date of death
Place of death