Lee Keegan

Lee Keegan (born 25 October 1989 in Westport) is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team and also plays club football for Westport GAA.^[1]

Career

Keegan started at right half back in two All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against Dublin.^[2]^[3]^[4] He was named in the 2012 All Star football team in the right half back position. During the 2013 All-Ireland final he was memorably manhandled on the field by Diarmuid Connolly, who attempted to wrench his shirt off but was unsuccessful. He has been an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runner up on three occasions, in 2012, 2013 and 2016.^[5] Keegan played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series.^[6]^[7]

In November 2016, Keegan was named as the All Stars Footballer of the Year for 2016, and also picked up his fourth All Star award.^[8]

↑ "Clarke taking nothing for granted". Hogan Stand. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ "Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ "Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
↑ Browne, PJ (22 September 2013). "GIF: Diarmuid Connolly Really Wants Lee Keegan's Shirt". Balls.ie. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
↑ "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Lee Keegan named footballer of the year". RTE Sport. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

Subs: 19 S. Coen for Keegan; 23 C. O'Shea for Vaughan; 1 D. Clarke for Hennelly; 24 B. Moran for A. Moran; 22 A. Dillon for Doherty; 17 C. Barrett for Boyle

Subs not used: 18 K. Keane; 20 E. Regan; 21 D. Drake; 25 A. Freeman; 26 C. Loftus

(Team as of 1 October 2016 versus Dublin)

Mayo – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Clarke (c) 2 K. Keane 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 B. Moran 9 A. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 J. Doherty 12 A. Dillon 13 E. Varley 14 C. O'Connor 15 M. Conroy Subs used 26 A. Freeman for Doherty 23 J. Gibbons for Conroy 22 S. O'Shea for Moran 19 R. Feeney for Varley Manager J. Horan

Mayo – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 R. Hennelly 2 T. Cunniffe 3 G. Cafferkey 4 C. Barrett 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 A. O'Shea 9 S. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 K. Higgins 12 A. Dillon 13 C. O'Connor 14 A. Freeman 15 A. Moran (c) Subs used 24 M. Conroy for A Freeman 22 C. Carolan for T Cunniffe 25 E. Varley for A Dillon 20 B. Moran for S O'Shea 26 J. Doherty for A Moran Manager J. Horan

Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series

1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley

Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series

1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

Ireland football team – 2015 International Rules Series

1 Morgan (gk) 2 Begley 3 Brennan 4 Brogan (c) 5 Cadogan 9 Donnelly 10 Doyle 11 Harte 13 Hughes 15 Keegan (vc) 17 Kerrigan 19 McCaffrey 20 McDonald 22 McMahon 23 McManus 25 O'Carroll 26 O'Loughlin 28 O'Shea 29 Quinn 31 Walsh 33 Connolly 34 Cribbin 35 McBrearty Manager Kernan

Awards

2012 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Durcan 2 N. McGee 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 K. Lacey^FOTY 7 F. McGlynn 8 N. Gallagher 9 A. Walsh 10 P. Flynn 11 A. Dillion 12 M. McHugh 13 C. O'Neill 14 M. Murphy 15 C. McFadden

2013 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 S. Cluxton 2 C. Walshe 3 R. O'Carroll 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 C. Boyle 8 M. D. MacAuley^FOTY 9 A. O'Shea 10 P. Flynn 11 C. Cooper 12 S. Cavanagh 13 J. O'Donoghue 14 B. Brogan 15 C. McManus

2015 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 B. Kealy 2 S. Enright 3 R. O'Carroll 4 P. McMahon 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 J. McCaffrey^FOTY 8 B. Fenton 9 A. Maher 10 M. Donnelly 11 C. Kilkenny 12 D. Walsh 13 C. McManus 14 A. O'Shea 15 B. Brogan

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