- Tom O'Sullivan
infobox GAA player
name=Tom O'Sullivan
nickname=
irish=Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
placeofbirth=County Kerry
countryofbirth=Ireland
dob=
county=Kerry
sport= Gaelic football
code= Football
province=Munster
club=Rathmore
clposition=Forward
clubs=Rathmore
clyears= - Present
clapps(points)=
counties= Kerry
icposition= Left Full Back
icyears= - Present
icapps(points)=
icprovince= 5
icallireland=4
allstars= 3Tom O'Sullivan is an Irish Gaelic football player from
County Kerry . AGarda Síochána by profession, he plays his club football for Rathmore and his county football forKerry GAA . [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0302/kerry_derry1.html RTÉ Sport: Kerry 0-10 Derry 0-09 ] ]Underage Playing Career
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 also won theMunster Under-21 Football Championship with Kerry on two occasions, in 1998 and 1999, going on to win theAll-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1998. [ [http://www.kerrygaa.ie/old_website/intercounty/2005/senfoot/final2005/penpics.htm Kerry GAA Online ] ]enior Playing Career
Tom O'Sullivan made his debut for the Kerry Seniors against Cork in the 1999 National Football League. His
Munster Senior Football Championship debut came in 2000, against Cork. O'Sullivan has won theMunster Senior Football Championship six times. He has won theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Kerry on four occasions in2000 ,2004 ,2006 and2007 . Tom wonGAA All Stars Awards for his performances in2000 ,2004 and in2005 . He also picked up two National Football League medals for Kerry in2004 and2006 .2007
O'Sullivan was known primarily as a corner-back, but has had to move to full-back since the retirement of Mike McCarthy. He coped very well in the early stages of the championship, being described as 'soundness personified at full back'. [ [http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-football/munster-football-semi-final/ The Munster Express Online » Blog Archive » Munster Football Semi-Final ] ] However, he struggled at times in the Munster final against
Michael Cussen of Cork and in the All-Ireland quarter-final againstVincent Corey of Monaghan. [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2007/09/15/story42634.asp Irish Examiner - 2007/09/15: Honest Tom ] ] Nevertheless, the year ended well for O'Sullivan, as Kerry beat Cork by 3-13 to 1-9 in the All-Ireland Final [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0916/kerrycork.html RTÉ Sport: Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-09 ] ]References
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