Matt Gallagher (born 1960s) is an
Irish former
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 ...
er who played for
Aodh Ruadh and, later,
Naomh Bríd, as well as the
Donegal county team. For many years he was Donegal's most capped player until
Brian Roper broke his record.
In April 1980, his secondary school
De La Salle College Ballyshannon, defeated Leinster champions St Mary's CBS, Portlaoise, by 2–10 to 1–6 to win the All-Ireland Colleges B title at
Croke Park, with Gallagher playing in the final.
Gallagher won the
1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal, with his brother
Pauric also on the team.
[ Pauric was killed in a car crash in the U.S. in 1989.][
Matt Gallagher played for Donegal from 1981 until 1995. He suffered from ]appendicitis
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in 1983, causing him to miss Donegal's victory over Cavan in the Ulster final and the All-Ireland semi-final.[ He missed the 1989 Ulster SFC final. Brian McEniff restored him to the team in time for the 1990 Ulster SFC, and Gallagher played against Armagh in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal.][ A ]utility player
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often deployed as a defender, Gallagher started at full-back in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in which Donegal defeated Dublin
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by a scoreline of 0-18 to 0-14. Later that year he won an All Star for his performances in that campaign.[ He briefly served under McEniff in 2003 and has also managed Naomh Bríd.
]
Honours
* All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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Organised by the ...
: 1992
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* Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1990,][ 1992
* All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1982][
* Ulster Under-21 Football Championship: 1982?
* Silver Jubilee Football Team of the Ulster GAA Writers Association (UGAAWA) nomination: 2012]
See also
* List of All Stars Awards winners (football)
References
External links
Matt Gallagher
at GAAinfo.com
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1960s births
Living people
Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football managers
Gaelic football selectors
Gaelic football utility players
Naomh Bríd Gaelic footballers
People educated at De La Salle College Ballyshannon
Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
Year of birth missing (living people)