Billy Myers (Gaelic Footballer)
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Billy Myers (13 April 1916 – 31 August 1963) was an Irish sportsperson. He played
Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
with his local club Dr. Crokes and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1937 until 1943. In a brief senior inter-county career, Myers won almost every honour in the game at senior level. He won four
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medals, five
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medals, and one
Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship () or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are co ...
medals with
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1916 births 1963 deaths Dr Crokes Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub