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:''For the mixed martial artist, see Sean O'Connell.'' Sean O'Connell was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played for Derry in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and was on the Derry side that finished runners-up to Dublin in the 1958 All-Ireland Championship – winning an Ulster Championship with the county that year, and three more in 1970, 1975 and 1976. For his performances in the 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, O'Connell won a Cú Chulainn Award (the awards which ran between 1963 and 1967 were the forerunner to the modern day All Star Awards). O'Connell played his club football for Ballerin Sarsfields. He was instrumental in helping Ballerin reach the 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final, where they were defeated by Austin Stacks of Kerry. He also won two Derry Championships and an Ulster Senior Club Football Championship with the club. He is regarded as a Derry legend, and an all-time great of the game.〔 He was in particular known for scoring exploits – he is ninth in the all-time list of top Ulster scorers in Championship football with a tally of 11–118 (11 goals and 118 points—each goal equals 3 points; 11 × 3 + 118 = 151 points, see GAA scoring rules). In the centenary year of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1984), O'Connell was named in the Football Team of the Century comprising players who never won an All-Ireland. Former Derry County Board chairman Gerard O'Kane said of O'Connell "everyone growing up when Sean O'Connell was playing wanted to be Sean O'Connell".〔 ==Background and early life== Sean O'Connell was born in Garvagh in the 1930s, his father Pat was a farmer and a talented soccer player.〔 His mother Brigid (née McKenna), originally from Slaughtneil was a school teacher.〔 He had four brothers and four sisters.〔 His elder brother Seamus was a priest and played with Derry in the 1950s.〔 His other brothers Paddy and Gerard played at Under 21 level for Derry, while Cahir was a decent club player in the 1960s and early 1970s.〔 His cousin Seamus O'Connell played soccer for the likes of Chelsea F.C. in England〔 where he helped the club win their first ever League title in 1954–55. Sean boarded at St Columb's College in Derry.〔 O'Connell tried his hand at boxing in his youth and was a member of Garvagh Boxing Club.〔 He worked as a teacher and was principal of St Patrick's College in Dungiven for many years.〔 He lived in Limavady for many years and he and his wife Margaret had four children.〔 He died in August 2003 and is buried in Limavady.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sean O'Connell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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