Gerald Courell

Irish Gaelic footballer (1906-1983)

Gerald Courell
Personal information
Irish name Gearóid Mac Fhearchail
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward
Born 28 July 1906
Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
Died 12 September 1983(1983-09-12) (aged 77)
Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Occupation Draper
Club(s)
Years Club
1924-1943
Ballina Stephenites
Club titles
Mayo titles 8
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1927-1937
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
All-Irelands 1
NFL 4

Gerald Thomas Courell (28 July 1906 – 12 September 1983) was an Irish Gaelic football player, trainer and referee. At club level, he played with Ballina Stephenites and had All-Ireland SFC successes with the Mayo senior football team as both a player and a trainer.[1][2][3]

Honours

Player

Mayo

Trainer

Mayo

References

  1. ^ "Mayo's immortal campaign of 1936". Mayo Advertiser. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Five Mayo men alive in 1951 recall All-Ireland glory: 'To see them win again would be just incredible'". Irish Examiner. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Golden night for Mayo sports stars". Western People. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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Mayo – 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)
Subs not used
16 P. Collins
17 M. Joyce
18 P. Brett
19 T. McNicholas
20 G. Courell
21 M. O'Malley
22 R. Winters
23 B. Mongey
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Mayo – 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (2nd title)
Subs used
S. Wynne for W. Durkin
M. Caulfield for B. Kenny
S. Mulderrig for M. Caulfield
Subs not used
T. Acton
T. Byrne
L. Hasting
J. Staunton
P. Irwin
Trainers
J. Carney
G. Courell
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Mayo – 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)
Sub used
20 L. Hastings for H. Dixon
Subs not used
16 W. Casey
17 J. Curran
18 P. Jordan
19 M. Loftus
21 M. Mulderrig
Co-trainers
J. Carney
G. Courell


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