GAA Football Team of the Century

The Football Team of the Century was chosen as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association's centenary year celebrations in 1984 to comprise, as a fifteen-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three half-backs, two midfielders, three half-forwards and three full-forwards, the best football players of the first one hundred years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The players on the team were nominated by Sunday Independent readers and were selected by a panel of experts and former players.[1]

A team was also selected of players who had never won an All Ireland. [2]

Position Player County team Club team(s) Team Number All-Ireland SFC, NFL and other honours
Goalkeeper Dan O'Keeffe Kerry Kerins O'Rahilly's 1 All-Ireland SFC - 7
Munster SFC - 13
NFL- 1
Right corner-back Enda Colleran Galway Mountbellow/ Moylough 2 All-Ireland SFC - 3
Connacht SFC - 7
NFL- 1
Full-back Paddy O'Brien Meath Skryne
Seán McDermotts (Dublin)		 3 All-Ireland SFC - 2
Leinster SFC - 5
NFL- 2
Left corner-back Seán Flanagan Mayo Ballaghaderreen 4 All-Ireland SFC - 2
Connacht SFC - 5
NFL- 2
Right wing-back Seán Murphy Kerry Dingle 5 All-Ireland SFC – 3
Munster SFC - 7
NFL- 1
Centre-back John Joe O’Reilly Cavan Cornafean 6 All-Ireland SFC - 2
Ulster SFC – 11
NFL- 1
Left wing-back Stephen White Louth Cooley Kickhams
Mountbellew (Galway)
Dundalk Young Irelands		 7 All-Ireland SFC - 1
Leinster SFC - 4
Midfield Mick O'Connell Kerry Valentia Young Islanders 8 All-Ireland SFC - 4
Munster SFC - 12
NFL- 4
Midfield Jack O'Shea Kerry St. Mary’s
(Kerry)		 9 All-Ireland SFC – 7
Munster SFC – 10
NFL- 3
Right wing-forward Seán O'Neill Down John Mitchels 10 All-Ireland SFC – 3
Ulster SFC - 8
NFL- 3
Centre-forward Seán Purcell Galway Tuam Stars 11 All-Ireland SFC - 1
Connacht SFC - 7
Left wing-forward Pat Spillane Kerry Templenoe 12 All-Ireland SFC - 8
Munster SFC - 11
NFL- 2
Right corner-forward Mikey Sheehy Kerry Austin Stacks 13 All-Ireland SFC - 8
Munster SFC – 11
NFL- 3
Full-forward Tom Langan Mayo Ballycastle 14 All-Ireland SFC - 2
Connacht SFC – 3
Left corner-forward Kevin Heffernan Dublin St Vincents 15 All-Ireland SFC - 1
Leinster SFC - 4

References
  1. Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. p. 238.
  2. Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. p. 239.
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