Donie O'Sullivan (Gaelic footballer)

Donie O'Sullivan
Personal information
Irish name	Dónal Ó Súilleabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Corner-back
Born	1940 (age 81–82) Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Teacher^[1]^[2]
Club(s)
Years	Club
1950s-1970s	Dr. Crokes, Spa, , UCD, Kerry (New York)^[2]
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1962-1975	Kerry	35 (0-02)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	9
All-Irelands	4^[2]
NFL	7^[2]
All Stars	2^[3]

Donie O'Sullivan (Irish: Dónal Ó Súilleabháin; born 1940) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. He played Gaelic football with his local club Spa and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1962 until 1975.^[4] He was Kerry's first GAA All-Star in 1971,^[5] which he achieved again in 1972.^[4]^[6] In 2019, he was inducted into Munster GAA's "hall of fame".^[1]^[5]

According to a 2019 interview, while studying educational psychology at St. John's University in New York during the 1960s, O'Sullivan was offered a contract by New York Jets coach Weeb Ewbank.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Big Interview with Donie O'Sullivan: Memories and friends for life". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The 7 ages of the GAA". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Munster GAA Hall of Fame Award for Donie O'Sullivan". kerrysportshub.ie. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021. The 1970 All Ireland winning captain and two-time All Star
^ ^a ^b "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Spa Club legend enters Munster Hall of Fame". killarneyadvertiser.ie. Killarney Advertiser. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Donie O'Sullivan was a fitting first as Kerry's All Star dominance began in '71". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jer D. O'Connor	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1966	Succeeded by Mick Morris (Gaelic footballer)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Johnny Culloty	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1970	Succeeded by Michael Gleeson (politician)
Achievements
Preceded by Johnny Culloty (Kerry)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1970	Succeeded by Willie Bryan (Offaly)

v t Kerry – 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (20th title)
1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 S. Óg Sheehy (c) 6 N. Lucey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 J. Lucey 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. O'Sullivan 12 J. O'Riordan 13 G. McMahon 14 T. Long 15 P. Sheehy Subs used 18 J. J. Barrett for T. Lyons 17 K. Coffey for D. McAuliffe Subs not used 16 D. Geaney 19 20 D. O'Sullivan 21

v t Kerry – 1963 National Football League Champions (7th title)
1 2 K. Coffey 3 N. Sheehy 4 Donie O'Sullivan 5 J. J. Barrett 6 S. Murphy 7 J. D. O'Connor 8 J. O'Riordan 9 M. Fleming 10 B. O'Callaghan 11 M. O'Dwyer 12 13 14 15

v t Kerry – 1964 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (1st title)
1 2 M. Morris 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 5 6 V. Lucey 7 D. O'Sullivan 8 Ds. O'Sullivan 9 P. Griffin 10 11 12 13 D. O'Donnell (c) 14 J. J. Barrett 15

v t Kerry – 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 J. Culloty 2 M. Morris 3 N. Sheehy (c) 4 P. O'Donoghue 5 D. O'Sullivan 6 S. Murphy 7 J. D. O'Connor 8 M. Fleming 9 D. O'Sullivan 10 P. Griffin 11 M. O'Dwyer 12 M. O'Connell 13 14 T. Long 15 J. J. Barrett Subs used 18 for J. D. O'Connor 24 B. O'Callaghan for F. O'Leary 16 K. Coffey for F. O'Leary Subs not used 17 D. O'Donnell 19 20 21 22 23 T. O'Sullivan

v t Kerry – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 J. Culloty 2 D. O'Sullivan 3 N. Sheehy 4 M. Morris 5 S. Murphy 6 P. O'Donoghue 7 J. D. O'Connor (c) 8 D. O'Sullivan 9 M. O'Connell 10 V. Lucey 11 P. Griffin 12 13 B. O'Callaghan 14 M. O'Dwyer 15 J. J. Barrett Subs used 18 D. Geaney for V. Lucey 21 J. O'Shea for J. J. Barrett Subs not used 16 17 J. Lucey 19 20 22 23 24 S. Mac Gearailt Trainer J. Brosnan

v t Kerry – 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 5 Denis O'Sullivan 6 M. Morris 7 Donie O'Sullivan 8 M. O'Connell 9 M. Fleming 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin (c) 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 T. Prendergast 14 D.J. Crowley 15 M. O'Dwyer Subs used 17 for T. Prendergast 23 S. Mac Gearailt for S. Burrows Subs not used 16 Dom O'Donnell 18 M. Ó Sé 19 20 P. J. McIntyre 21 22 24 25 26

Kerry – 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)

Subs not used: 16 D. O'Sullivan; 17 M. Fleming; 18 J. O'Keeffe; 19; 20 D. O'Donnell; 21 W. Fogarty

v t Kerry – 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (22nd title)
1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 D. O'Sullivan (c) 5 T. Prendergast 6 J. O'Keeffe 7 M. Ó Sé 8 M. O'Connell 9 D. J. Crowley 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 M. Gleeson 14 L. Higgins 15 M. O'Dwyer Sub used 16 S. Mac Gearailt Subs not used 17 18 19 20 Trainer J. Lyne Selectors J. Walsh J. Keohane M. O'Dwyer M. Kelly

Kerry – 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used in drawn game and replay: 17 for S. Mac Gearailt; 16 P. Griffin for M. Gleeson; 18 J. Walsh for B. Lynch

v t Kerry – 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)
1 P. O'Mahony 2 G. O'Keeffe 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 J. Deenihan 5 P. Ó Sé 6 T. Kennelly 7 G. Power 8 P. Lynch 9 P. McCarthy 10 B. Lynch 11 D. Moran 12 M. O'Sullivan (c) 13 J. Egan 14 M. Sheehy 15 P. Spillane Sub used 17 G. O'Driscoll for M. O'Sullivan Subs not used 16 J. Bunyan 18 J. Long 19 20 D O'Sullivan 21 J. Walsh Manager M. O'Dwyer Selectors M. Kelly

v t Kerry – 1974 National Football League Champions (12th title)
1 P. O'Mahony 2 D. O'Sullivan 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 5 P. Ó Sé 6 P. Lynch 7 G. O'Keeffe 8 J. Long 9 J. O'Keeffe 10 É. O'Donoghue 11 M. O'Sullivan 12 G. Power 13 J. Egan 14 S. Mac Gearailt 15 M. Sheehy Manager J. Culloty

v t 1971 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. J. Smyth 2 J. Carey 3 J. Cosgrove 4 D. O'Sullivan 5 E. Mulligan 6 N. Clavin 7 P. Reynolds 8 L. Sammon 9 W. Bryan 10 T. McTague 11 R. Cummins 12 M. Kearns 13 A. McCallin 14 S. O'Neill 15 S. Leydon

v t 1972 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 M. Furlong 2 M. Ryan 3 P. McCormack 4 D. O'Sullivan 5 B. McEniff 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 K. J. O'Sullivan 8 W. Bryan 9 M. O'Connell 10 J. Cooney 11 K. Kilmurray 12 T. McTague 13 M. Freyne 14 S. O'Neill 15 P. Moriarty