Vinny Claffey
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born | Doon, County Offaly | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Doon | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1986–2003 | Offaly | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Vinny Claffey is an Irish former sportsman from Doon, County Offaly. He attended St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School in Ferbane.[1]
Claffey played Gaelic football with his home club Doon and was a member of the Offaly senior team from 1986 until 2003.[2] He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League medal in 1998.[3] During Tommy Lyons reign as Offaly manager, Claffey formed part of the full-forward line that included Peter Brady and Roy Malone.[citation needed]
In late 2003, Offaly manager Gerry Fahey dropped Claffey from his panel.[4]
