Ger Lynch (born 10 December 1958) is an Irish former

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er who played as a wing back at senior level for the Kerry county team. Lynch made his first appearance for the team during the 1982 championship and became a regular player over subsequent seasons until his retirement in

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. During that time he won three

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winners' medals, three

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winners' medals, one

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winners' medal and one

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award. Himself and

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— assigned to mark Tommy Conroy and

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during the 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final — began their efforts during the national anthem, which they sang with aplomb. Spillane, quoted in the book ''Princes of Pigskin'', said of this tactic later: "There was no belting but the plot was to sing the National Anthem as loud as we could into their ears to put the

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into them. Neither of us were great singers but they must have thought we were wired to the moon". The headline in the printed edition read: "From twin tower to supersub target man, Walsh is key to Kingdom dream". Lynch has two children: Muireann and Tadhg Lynch. His nephew is County Down referee Philip Cauley of St.Pauls GAC.

References

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