Phil O'Sullivan

Philip O'Sullivan (10 May 1895 – August 1952) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for a number of clubs in Kerry and Dublin and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lined out as a defender.

Phil O'Sullivan
Personal information
Irish name Pilib Ó Súilleabháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 10 May 1895
Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland
Died August 1952 (aged 57)
New York City, United States
Nickname The Master
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
 Lauragh
Kenmare
Faughs
Ballymacelligott
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
 University College Dublin
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1923-1927
 Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NFL 0

Career

As a Gaelic footballer, hurler and athlete, O'Sullivan played his football with Lauragh and hurling with Kenmare. While a student in Dublin, he played with Faughs and University College Dublin and later when he took up a teaching post in Ballymacelligott he played with the local team.[1] O'Sullivan first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry junior football team that won the All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1915. He was subsequently promoted to the senior team and, after being on the losing side to Dublin in the 1923 All-Ireland final, captained the team to the All-Ireland Senior Championship title the following year.[2] O'Sullivan claimed a second winners' medal in 1926 and also won four Munster Championship titles during his brief senior career.[3]

Personal life and death

Born in Tuosist, County Kerry, O'Sullivan worked as a national school teacher. In 1927 he travelled with the Kerry team to New York City where he met and later married Kathleen O'Mahoney. O'Sullivan spent the remainder of his life in New York.

O'Sullivan died in August 1952 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens.[4]

Honours
Ballymacelligott
Kerry

References
  1. "Ballymacelligott GAA – A Brief History". Ballymacelligott GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. "Phil O'Sullivan - All Ireland Winning Captain 1924". Terrace Talk website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. "Phil OSullivan: An unsung hero". The Kerryman. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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