Vincent Lucey
Irish Gaelic football player
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John Vincent Lucey (1943 - 25 June 1999) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers and Mid Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
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| Born | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 1999 (aged 56) Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Air Corps member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Lucey first played Gaelic football with Glenbeigh-Glencar before later joining the Laune Rangers club. He won a County Championship title with divisional side Mid Kerry in 1967.[1] Lucey was a member of the Kerry team that won the Munster Vocational Schools' Championship in 1959 before later winning a Leinster Championship title with the Dublin minor team in 1961. He subsequently declared for his native county and was part of the Kerry under-21 team that won the inaugural All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in 1964.[2] Lucey followed his brothers Noel and Jimmy onto the Kerry senior football team and was at right wing-forward for Kerry's 1965 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway., having earlier won a Munster Championship title.[3][4][5]
Personal life and death
Lucey, like his brothers, joined the Irish Air Corps and was stationed in Baldonnel Aerodrome.<He died after a long period of illness at Milford Hospice in Limerick on 25 June 1999.
Career statistics
| Team | Season | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kerry | 1962-63 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-02 |
| 1963-64 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| 1964-65 | 4 | 0-05 | 2 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-11 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 0-05 | 4 | 2-08 | 2 | 0-00 | 11 | 2-13 | ||