Martin O'Connell (footballer)

infobox GAA player
name=Martin O'Connell
placeofbirth=?, County Meath
countryofbirth=Ireland
county=Meath
code=Football
sport=Gaelic football
province=Leinster
club=St. Michaels
clubs=St. Michaels
clapps(points)=
clposition=Midfield
clyears=
counties=Meath
icyears=1984-1997
icapps(points)=
icprovince=6
icposition=Half Back| icallireland=3
allstars=4

Martin O'Connell played Gaelic football for the Meath senior football team in the 1980s and 1990s. He also played club football for St. Michaels.

He made his Championship debut in 1984 against Westmeath He won three All-Ireland titles under Sean Boylan, in 1987, 1988 and 1996, six Leinster titles, three National League titles and a Centenary Cup medal (this was a competition played to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the GAA). He also won four GAA All Stars Awards in 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1996. In 1996 he was named Texaco Footballer of the Year and All Stars Footballer of the Year.

O'Connell was named on the Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football Team of the Millennium.

O'Connell has an excellent record as a sportsman, [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/how-meath-taught-tyrone-the-hard-way-to-win-sam-1049442.html How Meath taught Tyrone the hard way to win Sam - Gaelic Football, Sport - Independent.ie ] ] but was involved in one controversial incident in 1996 when there were allegations that he had deliberately stood on the head of Brian Dooher, although this was denied by O'Connell.

References

* [http://www.ireland.com/sports/gaa/all-stars/football-all-stars.htm]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/millennium.aspx]

ee also

* List of people on stamps of Ireland