Gary Walsh (Gaelic footballer)

Gary Walsh is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as goalkeeper for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team.

Gary Walsh
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Occupation Accountant
Club(s)
Years Club
?–?
 Aodh Ruadh
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1984–1996
 Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
All Stars 1

He is from Ballyshannon. As of 2009, he lived in Derry and worked as an accountant with Derry City Council.[1]

Walsh was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team and played for the county from 1984 until 1996. He played as a goalkeeper and only conceded three goals in six matches in the 1992 championship season.[1] He won an All Star Award.

Walsh also won two Down Senior Football Championships with Burren.

After retiring, Walsh assisted Brian McEniff as a goalkeeping coach when McEniff returned as Donegal manager in the early 2000s; Tony Blake credits Walsh with helping him have his best season in 2003.[2]

Honours
Donegal
Burren
Individual

References
  1. Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 - Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. McNulty, Chris (27 January 2018). "Tony Blake backs 'quality' Patton after 'brave' decision to join Donegal panel". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.