Mickey Kearins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Patrick's Dromard | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Sligo titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1961-1978 | Sligo | 214 (1266) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Mickey Kearins (born 18 April 1943) is a former Gaelic football player from County Sligo. He played for the Sligo county team for 17 years from 1961 to 1978. In 1971 he was the first Sligo man to win an All-Star. He is also the only Sligo player to win a Cú Chulainn Award-winning it three consecutive years in 1964–66. In 1975 he helped Sligo win the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1928.
Kearins played with Connacht in the Railway Cup winning titles in 1967 and 1969. He played his club football with the St Patrick's Dromard club with whom he won seven Sligo Senior Football Championships.
Kearins was top scorer in National Football League history for many decades until May 2021,[1] when David Tubridy took the record from him.[2]
In 2003, Kearins was included in the book Gaelic Football's Top 20. He is a brother of former Sligo manager James. He managed the Sligo under-21 county football team in the early to mid-2000s.
In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Kearins as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".[3]
References[]
- http://hoganstand.com/sligo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=26529
- http://hoganstand.com/sligo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=122532
- ^ "Banner hero David Tubridy already has more history in his sights after becoming highest league scorer of all time". Irish Independent. 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Tubridy's record haul cannot stop Rebels but Banner qualify with Division 1 now in their sights". Irish Independent. 31 May 2021.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (30 May 2020). "Revealed: The Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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