Seán Kelly (Kerry Gaelic footballer)

Seán Kelly (1925 – 10 August 2012), also known as Seán Ó Ceallaigh, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Dingle and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

[1] His inter-county career began as a 27-year-old when he was first selected for the Kerry senior football team in 1952.

Kelly won his only All-Ireland Championship title after lining out at full-forward in a defeat of Armagh in 1953.

[2][3] Born and raised in Kilcummin, County Kerry, Kelly moved to Dublin to work as a civil servant at the age of 18.

[6] Kelly died after a brief illness at the Bon Secours Hospital in Glasnevin on 10 August 2012.