Jack Walsh (Gaelic footballer)

Irish Gaelic footballer

Sport Gaelic football

Years Club

Jack Walsh
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	Asdee, County Kerry, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1920s-1980s	Asdee
Club titles
Kerry titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1928–1943	Kerry	21
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	5
All-Irelands	6
NFL	4

Jack Walsh (born 1903) was a Gaelic footballer from Asdee, County Kerry. A left full back,^[1] he played with Kerry from 1924 to 1934.^[1] He won 5 Munster Senior Championships, 6 All-Ireland Senior Championships and 4 National Leagues during his career.^[1]

Walsh was educated at Asdee National School, then St. Michael's College in Listowel.^[1]

After a trial game, he was picked for Kerry in 1924, playing in the All-Ireland final against Dublin, which Kerry won by one point.^[1] His second All-Ireland victory was in 1926, when Kerry beat Kildare in the final after a replay.^[1] During this match Walsh switched to left full back to replace an ill team-mate, a position he then held until his retirement from inter-county football in 1934.^[1]

Walsh was a member of the Kerry team for each of their "four in a row" All-Ireland titles in 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932.^[1] He was also in the team that was beaten in the semi-final in 1933 by Cavan, in Walsh's last match for the county.^[1] Walsh was also a member of Railway Cup-winning sides in 1927 and 1931.^[1]

Walsh toured the United States with Kerry on three occasions, in 1927, 1931, and 1933.^[1]

At club level he played with Asdee and Shannon Rangers, with whom he won County Championship medals in 1942 and 1945.

In 2015, Asdee GAA opened a new pitch named Walsh Park in honour of Jack Walsh.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sheehan, Michael (27 March 2015). "Jack Walsh". Asdee GAA. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/337/Jack-Walsh

v t e Kerry – 1927–28 National Football League Champions (1st title)
1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 Joe O'Sullivan 7 Jas O'Sullivan 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Rayn 11 J.J. Sheehy 12 E. Fitzgerald 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. Bailey 15 J. J. Landers

v t e Kerry – 1928–29 National Football League Champions (2nd title)
1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. O'Donnell 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Ryan 11 J. J. Sheehy 12 M. Doyle 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. Bailey 15 J.J. Landers

v t e Kerry – 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (8th title)
1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. O'Donnell 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Ryan 11 M. Doyle 12 J. J. Landers 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. Bailey 15 J. J. Sheehy

v t e Kerry – 1930–31 National Football League Champions (3rd title)
1 J. Riordan 2 T. O'Donnell 3 P. Whitty 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 É. Fitzgerald 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 C. Geaney 11 M. Doyle 12 J. Flavin 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. J. Landers 15 T. Landers

v t e Kerry – 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (9th title)
1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. O'Donnell 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Ryan 11 M. Doyle 12 É. Fitzgerald 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. J. Landers 15 J. J. Sheehy (c)

v t e Kerry – 1931–32 National Football League Champions (4th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 P. Whitty 4 J. Walsh 5 T. O'Donnell 6 W. Kinnerk 7 M. Healy 8 B. Stack 9 J. J. Landers 10 T. Landers 11 M. Doyle 12 É. Fitzgerald 13 J. Ryan 14 B. Landers 15 C. Brosnan (c)

v t e Kerry – 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (10th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. Landers 8 C. Brosnan (c) 9 B. Stack 10 J. J. Landers 11 M. Doyle 12 É. Fitzgerald 13 J. Ryan 14 P. Whitty 15 M. Regan

v t e Kerry – 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (11th title)
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 P. Whitty 8 B. Stack 9 J. Walsh 10 C. Geaney 11 M. Doyle 12 T. Landers 13 J. Ryan 14 C. Brosnan 15 J. J. Landers Sub used B. Landers for C. Geaney

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