Ted Kelleher
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Tadhg Ó Céilleachair | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Right wing-forward | ||
Born |
17 March 1932 Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Died |
5 May 2008 (aged 76) Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Occupation | Executive | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Millstreet | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1952-1953 | Cork | 1 (0-02) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 |
Timothy Patrick Kelleher (17 March 1932 – 5 May 2008) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Millstreet and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out at forward.
Career
[edit]Kelleher first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with Millstreet, before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He was a County Championship runner-up in 1956. Kelleher first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in 1950. Kelleher immediately progressed onto the Cork junior team and was right wing-forward on the All-Ireland-winning team in 1951.[1] He later spent one season with the Cork senior football team.[2]
Personal life and death
[edit]Kelleher emigrated to New York City in 1959, where he later met and married his wife Kathleen (née Lafferty). He later settled in Norwood, Massachusetts and was a longt-ime executive at White Rock Products, Inc. until his retirement in 1990. Kelleher died on 5 May 2008, aged 76.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Cork
References
[edit]- ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Cork SFC team, 1950-1959" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Death Notice: Ted Kelleher, Massachusetts and Millstreet". Millstreet website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.