Pádraig Carney

Pádraig Carney (1928 – 9 June 2019) was a Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the senior Mayo county team.

[1] He was one of the last two living players from the winning 1951 Mayo team, the other being Paddy Prendergast.

Carney first played for the senior team while he was still a minor in the 1946 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the National League final in 1954.

[2] Carney also had the distinction of being the first player to score a goal from a penalty in an All-Ireland final.

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