Roy Malone

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Roy Malone (born 1975/1976) [1] is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Rhode and the Offaly county team. [2]

Malone played for the Offaly under-21 team. [2] He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC) medal in 1997. [3] He scored two goals in the final against Meath. [4] [5] Malone played alongside James Brady and Vinny Claffey in that team. Mayo then defeated Offaly in the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final. [6] The following year, Malone won a National Football League medal. [7] The Games Administration Committee gave Malone an eight-week ban in 2002, following that year's Leinster SFC semi-final replay. [2] [8] As of 2015, he continued to play for Rhode. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Keane, Paul (22 November 2010). "Malone back to break Meath hearts". Irsh Examiner. At 34, the forward could only manage eight minutes of action yesterday due to a niggling calf strain but he still made his mark in that time.
  2. 1 2 3 O'Riordan, Tom (5 July 2002). "'Shattered' Malone gets eight weeks". Irish Independent.
  3. ↑ "Roy Malone says Offaly 'downed tools' in Longford loss". RTÉ. 17 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Keys, Colm (22 November 2010). "Malone strike puts Rhode on final path". Irish Independent.
  5. ↑ Malone, Roy (4 May 2017). "The day Roy Malone scored two stunning goals as Offaly won Leinster". Offaly Express.
  6. ↑ "Reunion for Offaly's 1997 football heroes". Hogan Stand. 28 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "All Ireland Winning Teams".
  8. ↑ O'Riordan, Ian (5 July 2002). "Malone suspended until mid August". The Irish Times.
  9. ↑ "Roy's regret at twitter rage". Hogan Stand. 10 September 2015.
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