Sean Delaney (sportsman)
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Sean "Goggie" Delaney (1949 – 12 April 2004) was a Gaelic games sportsman from County Laois, Ireland.[1]
Delaney was an inter-county goalkeeper and corner-forward with Laois GAA, and a senior goalkeeper with Portlaoise GAA hurlers. He was also a League of Ireland footballer with Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne and St. Patrick's Athletic.[1]
Later in his career as a manager to the Laois ladies' Gaelic football team, he guided the county to its first All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship title in 2001.[1]
The son of Morgan and Mai Delaney, Delaney spent his early years in Portlaoise and attended St Mary's CBS where he won a number of underage titles.[2]
With the Portlaoise hurlers, he won Laois Minor Hurling Championship titles in 1964 and 1965, and at 17 played in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship decider defeating Camross in 1965.[2][3] He was in goal for Laois in 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final, a match which Laois lost to Down.[2]
As a soccer player, Delaney was a free kick specialist. On his debut for Shamrock Rovers, he scored twice, once from a free kick. Upon scoring he was reputed to have turned to the crowd and said "If you want to see another one like that, I'm in Portlaoise next Sunday at 3 o' clock".[2]