Tommy Griffin

Tommy Griffin is a former Irish Gaelic football player for Kerry and An Daingean.

He also won a number of West Kerry Senior football league and championship titles during his playing days.

Griffin won Munster and All Ireland Colleges Medals 'B' with Dingle CBS in 1996.

He was midfield as Kerry overcame Cork in the Munster Minor Football Championship final.

In the All-Ireland final Kerry went into the game as underdogs against a start studded Laois team.

In the final Kerry faced Cork and Griffin played a key role at midfield.

[8] His next appearance would be during the All-Ireland semi-final re-play win over Armagh, a game Kerry won after extra time.

[11] The loss to Meath would turn out to be Griffin last game at senior level for a number of seasons.

He made his first championship appearance since 2001 when he came on as a sub during the Munster final clash with Limerick, making a big impact as the sides ended level.

Griffin was handed his first championship start at Midfield, six years on from his debut, for the clash and also scored his one and only point at senior level in a 4-11 to 1-11 win.

The All-Ireland semi-final was a repeat of the Munster final when for the second season in a row Kerry faced Cork.

[18] He again played in all but one of Kerry's 2008 National Football League, missing the final loss to Derry.

Qualifier wins over Longford, Sligo and Antrim seen Kerry back in Croke Park to face Dublin.

A semi-final win over Meath seen Kerry qualify for a sixth All-Ireland final in a row.

Kerry regrouped and came out winners on a 0-16 to 1-09 scoreline and a fourth All-Ireland medal for Griffin.

The re-play would be one of the games of the year as extra-time was needed to decide the clash, with the Kerrymen winning out on a 1-15 to 1-14 scoreline.

It was a disappointing day in Croke Park for the Munster champions as the Ulster side won out 1-16 to 1-10 in a game that would turn out to be Grlffin's last with Kerry.