Trevor Giles

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Trevor Giles
Personal information
Irish name	Trevor Mac Goill
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half Forward
Born	Skryne, County Meath
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Skryne
Club Titles
Meath titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1994-2005	Meath	47, (6-140)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	3

Trevor Giles is a successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. He plays club football for Skryne. He came to prominence first when he won an All Ireland minor medal with Meath in 1992. He would go on to win 2 All Ireland Senior medals, 3 Leinster Senior Football Championship medals & 1 National League Medals. He usually played in the half forward line for Meath. For his club Skyrne he usually played at Center Half Back, with whom he has won 4 Meath Senior Football Championship Titles. Trevor has won 3 All Star awards and was chosen as the All Stars Footballer of the Year in 1996 and 1999 and Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1996. Trevor has had to deal with some injury setbacks in his football career, playing against Kildare in the 1998 Leinster final loss he ruptured his cruciate knee ligament, a serious injury which kept him out of the game for many months, but he returned in 1999 to have probably his best season of his playing career. Trevor has represented Ireland in many of the annual International rules series against Australia. Trevor is a cousin of another legendary Meath footballer Mick Lyons. Since the 2005 season Trevor has not made himself available for selection for the Meath panel.

[edit] External links

Official Meath Website

Preceded by Peter Canavan (Tyrone)	All Stars Footballer of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry)
Preceded by Michael Donnellan (Galway)	Texaco Footballer of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Séamus Moynihan (Kerry)
Preceded by Michael Donnellan (Galway)	All Stars Footballer of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Johnny Crowley (Kerry)

[edit] Teams

v t e Meath - All-Ireland Minor Football Champions 1992 (3rd title)

1 B. Murphy \| 2 K. Cantwell \| 3 J. Brady \| 4 J. Smith \| 5 P. Shankey \| 6 J. Tighe \| 7 B. Sheridan \| 8 D. Hunt \| 9 N. Dunne \| 10 K. Harten \| 11 C. Hall \| 12 G. Bell \| 13 P. Duff \| 14 P. Sullivan \| 15 T. Giles \|

v t e Meath - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 1993 (1st title)

1 C. Martin \| 2 V. Ryan \| 3 E. McManus \| 4 R. McGrath \| 5 J. McCarthy \| 6 G. Geraghty \| 7 T. Hanley (capt) \| 8 J. Hendrick \| 9 J. McGuinness \| 10 T. Shine \| 11 H. Carolan \| 12 T. Byrne \| 13 P. O’Sullivan \| 14 T. Connor \| 15 C. Sheridan \| Subs: T. Giles \| B. Kealy \| N. Collier \|

v t e Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1996 (6th title)

1 C. Martin \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 M. O'Connell \| 5 C. Coyle \| 6 E. McManus \| 7 P. Reynolds \| 8 J. McGuinness \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 T. Giles \| 11 T. Dowd (Capt.) \| 12 G. Geraghty \| 13 C. Brady \| 14 B. Reilly \| 15 B. Callaghan \| Subs: J. Devine \| O. Murphy \| Manager: S. Boylan

v t e Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1999 (7th title)

1 C. Sullivan \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 C. Murphy \| 5 P. Reynolds \| 6 E. McManus \| 7 H. Traynor \| 8 N. Crawford \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 E. Kelly \| 11 T. Giles \| 12 N. Nestor \| 13 O. Murphy \| 14 G. Geraghty (Capt.) \| 15 D. Curtis \| Subs: R. Kealy \| B. Callaghan \| T. Dowd \| Manager: S. Boylan

v t e Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2001

1 C. Sullivan \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 C. Murphy \| 5 D. Curtis \| 6 N. Nestor \| 7 H. Traynor \| 8 N. Crawford \| 9 J. McDermott \| 10 E. Kelly \| 11 T. Giles (c) \| 12 R. Kealy \| 13 O. Murphy \| 14 G. Geraghty \| 15 R. McGee \| Manager: S. Boylan

Ireland international football team 2002 | International Rules Series

v t e 1996 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 F. McConnell \| 2 K. Mortimer \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 M. O'Connell^FOTY \| 5 P. Holmes \| 6 J. Nallen \| 7 P. Curran \| 8 J. McDermott \| 9 L. McHale \| 10 T. Giles \| 11 T. Dowd \| 12 J. Horan \| 13 J. Brolly \| 14 P. Canavan \| 15 M. Fitzgerald

v t e 1997 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 D. O'Keeffe \| 2 K. Mortimer \| 3 D. Dalton \| 4 C. Daly \| 5 S. Moynihan \| 6 G. Ryan \| 7 E. Breen \| 8 P. Fallon \| 9 N. Buckley \| 10 P. Laide \| 11 T. Giles \| 12 D. McCabe \| 13 J. Brolly \| 14 B. Reilly \| 15 M. Fitzgerald^FOTY

v t e 1999 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 K. O'Dwyer \| 2 M. O'Reilly \| 3 D. Fay \| 4 A. Lynch \| 5 C. O'Sullivan \| 6 K. McGeeney \| 7 P. Reynolds \| 8 J. McDermott \| 9 C. Whelan \| 10 D. Marsden \| 11 T. Giles^FOTY \| 12 J. Horan \| 13 P. Clifford \| 14 G. Geraghty \| 15 O. Murphy