Tom Long (Gaelic footballer)

Thomas "Tom" Long (born 1936 in Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned nine seasons from 1956 to 1964.[1]

Tom Long
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Ó Longáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre-forward
Born 1936 (age 84–85)
Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Retired primary school principal
Club(s)
Years Club
 An Ghaeltacht
West Kerry
Club titles
Kerry titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1956-1964
 Kerry 26 (5-22)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 7
All-Irelands 2
NFL 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:57, 9 December 2016.

Long made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team. He enjoyed one championship season with the minor team, however, he ended the season as All-Ireland runner-up. Long made his senior debut during the 1956 championship. Over the course of the next nine seasons, he won two All-Ireland medals in 1959 and 1962. Long also won seven Munster medals and three National Football League medals. He played his last game for Kerry in September 1964.

After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1957, Long was a regular member of the starting fifteen at various times over the course of the following seven years. He ended his career without a Railway Cup medal.

Long's first cousin, Páidí Ó Sé, was an eight-time All-Ireland medal winner with Kerry between 1975 and 1986.

Honours
Kerry

References
  1. "Profile: Tom Long". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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