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Tim "Horse" Kennelly (6 July 1954 – 6 December 2005) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back with the Kerry senior team. He joined the team in 1975 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until 1983. Kennelly played on what is arguably the greatest team of all-time. He won five All-Ireland winners' medals, seven Munster winners' medals, two National League winners' medals and two All-Star awards. An All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions, Kennelly captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1979. At club level Kennelly was a two-time county club championship medalist with Listowel Emmets. ==Biography== Tim Kennelly was born in Listowel, County Kerry in 1954. He grew up on the family farm in Coolaclarig, an area that had a great tradition for Gaelic football. As a young boy Kennelly showed great skill as a footballer and his father had a great influence on his subsequent inter-county career. Kennelly was a publican by profession. His sons, Noel and Tadhg, also represented their native county in football. Noel won an All-Ireland medal with Kerry in 2000. Tadhg later played Australian rules football in the AFL with the Sydney Swans. In 2005 he became the first Irishman to win an AFL premiership winners' medal. He returned to Ireland in 2009 and joined the Kerry senior football team and won an All Ireland Senior Medal and All Star. Tim Kennelly, who suffered from a heart condition, died on 6 December 2005. 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「Tim Kennelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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