Kevin Coffey
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| Born | 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 December 1981 (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | ESB executive officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bartholomew Kevin Coffey (1933 – 6 December 1981) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Clanna Gael in Dublin and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.[1]
Coffey first came to Gaelic football prominence as a student at Goud Counsel College in New Ross when he was part of a Leinster Junior Colleges Championship title-winning team in the early fifties. His first appearance with the Kerry senior football team was in a London tournament game in 1956. Coffey made his competitive debut two years later and won the first of seven successive Munster Championship titles that year. He won his first All-Ireland Championship title at centre-back in 1959, before coming on as a substitute to claim a second winners' medal after a defeat of Roscommon in 1962.[2] Coffey was also a two-time All-Ireland runner-up and was involved in three National League title-winning teams. He spent his entire club career with Clanna Gael in Dublin before later becoming involved with the Kilmacud Crokes club. Coffey was a selector with the Dublin minor team that beat Kerry to win the 1979 All-Ireland Minor Championship title.[3]