Tom O'Connor (Gaelic footballer)

Tom "Gega" O'Connor
Personal information
Irish name	Tomás Ó Conchubhair
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre-forward
Born	3 November 1918; Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	26 February 1997 (aged 78); Rockaway, New York, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname	Gega
Occupation	Publican
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Dingle
Club titles
Kerry titles	6
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County
1937-1948	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	8
All-Irelands	5
NFL	0
	*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:18, 18 June 2020.

Thomas O'Connor (3 November 1918 - 26 February 1997) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Dingle GAA club and was an All-Ireland Championship-winning captain with the Kerry senior football team.

Playing career

Born in Dingle, O'Connor first enjoyed footballing success at provincial level as a student with Dingle CBS. He progressed to inter-county level as captain of the Kerry minor football team that lost to Louth in the 1936 All-Ireland final. O'Connor was a late addition to the Kerry senior team the following year and claimed his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal after coming on as a substitute in the replay defeat of Cavan. He claimed a second All-Ireland winners' medal as Kerry's team captain in the 1939 All-Ireland championship, the first of three successive final victories. O'Connor won a fifth and final championship in the 1946 competition. During his 11-year inter-county career, he claimed eight Munster Championship medals. O'Connor was also involved in all six of Dingle's county senior championship victories, and was a two-time Railway Cup-winner with Munster.^[1]^[2]

^ "Dingle days at the start of Kerry's golden era". Irish Times. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ Ó Muircheartaigh, Joe (27 August 2019). "How Kerry won an All-Ireland in an old set of Cork jerseys". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 June 2020.