Tom Nallen is an Irish former
Gaelic football
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er who was captain of the
Crossmolina Deel Rovers
Crossmolina Deel Rovers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by the Mayo GAA county board.
History
Crossmolina Dr Crokes GAA was affil ...
, as well as the
Mayo county team. Playing as a full-back, Nallen was known as "The Riddler".
His brother
James
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and their uncle
John
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also played for Mayo and Crossmolina.
With Mayo he won the
2001 National Football League title.
[ In the 2001 ]Connacht Senior Football Championship
The Connacht Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship and shortened to Connacht SFC, is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the county teams of Connacht particip ...
Nallen scored a goal in Mayo's game against Sligo
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.[
As his club's ]captain
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, Nallen was the first person from a Mayo GAA
The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo county teams.
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team to raise the Andy Merrigan Cup after Crossmolina's victory in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final. He had earlier captained his club to the 1999 Mayo Senior Football Championship
The Mayo Senior Football Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Connacht Gold Mayo Senior Football Championship'', is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Mayo GAA clubs.
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title.[
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Crossmolina Gaelic footballers
Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers
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