Brian Tuohy

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Brian Tuohy is a Gaelic footballer who played with Donegal. [1] He captained Donegal to an All-Ireland Under-21 Title in 1982, was involved when Donegal won an Ulster Senior Title in 1983 and was centre-back in 1988 when Donegal won promotion to Division 1 of the National League for the first time. He had a lot of problems with injuries, including a hamstring tear in 1984 followed by his pelvis then another hamstring tear in early 1992. [2] Having just retired, Tuohy missed out on a medal when Donegal won the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. [3]

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References

  1. "De La Salle's 'Band of Brothers' recalled on 40th anniversary of All Ireland Colleges victory".
  2. "Donegal's All-Ireland winning captain retires from An Garda Síochána".
  3. "Irish Times".