Tom Kelly (Gaelic footballer)
Laois Gaelic footballer
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Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois.
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| Born | Kellyville, County Laois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His club is St Joseph's. He usually played at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All Stars Award[1] and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.[2]
Kelly twice travelled to Australia for the International Rules Series,[3] where he was Ireland's player of the series in 2005.[4]
With St Joseph's, Kelly picked up two Laois Senior Football Championship medals.[citation needed]
In January 2011, Kelly was forced to retire due to a neck injury he sustained the year before.[5]
Honours
- Club
- Laois Senior Football Championship (2): 1996, 2000
- Laois All-County Football League (2): 2001, 2010
- Inter-county
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2003
- Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1998
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- Leinster Minor Football Championship (1): 1997
- Individual
- All Star (1): 2003
- International Rules Series Player of the Series (1): 2005