Vincent Lucey

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Vincent Lucey
Personal information
Irish name Uinseann Ó Luasaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1943
Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Ireland
Died 25 June 1999 (aged 56)
Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Air Corps member
Club(s)
YearsClub
Glenbeigh-Glencar
Laune Rangers
Mid Kerry
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1963-1965
Kerry 6 (2-08)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

John Vincent Lucey (1943 - 25 June 1999) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers and Mid Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

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Career

Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Lucey first played Gaelic football with Glenbeigh-Glencar before later joining the Laune Rangers club. He won a County Championship title with divisional side Mid Kerry in 1967. [1] Lucey was a member of the Kerry team that won the Munster Vocational Schools' Championship in 1959 before later winning a Leinster Championship title with the Dublin minor team in 1961. He subsequently declared for his native county and was part of the Kerry under-21 team that won the inaugural All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in 1964. [2] Lucey followed his brothers Noel and Jimmy onto the Kerry senior football team and was at right wing-forward for Kerry's 1965 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway., having earlier won a Munster Championship title. [3] [4] [5]

Personal life and death

Lucey, like his brothers, joined the Irish Air Corps and was stationed in Baldonnel Aerodrome.<He died after a long period of illness at Milford Hospice in Limerick on 25 June 1999.

Career statistics

TeamSeason National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kerry 1962-63 Division 1 00-0021-0200-0021-02
1963-6410-0000-0000-0010-00
1964-6540-0521-0620-0081-11
Career total50-0542-0820-00112-13

Honours

Mid Kerry
Dublin
Kerry

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