Páidí Ó Sé
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Páidí Ó Sé | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Born |
16 May 1955 Ceann Trá, County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Died | December 15, 2012 (aged 57) Ceann Trá, County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Nickname | Pio | ||
| Occupation | Garda and publican | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
| 1970-1988 | An Ghaeltacht | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1974-1988 | Kerry | 53 (0-08) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 11 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NFL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 5 | ||
Páidí Ó Sé (US: /ˌpædiː oʊ ˈʃeɪ/; Irish: [ˌpˠaːdʲiː oː ˈʃeː]; 16 May 1955 – 15 December 2012) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player, whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen seasons from 1974 to 1988. Ó Sé is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his generation.
Born in Ceann Trá, County Kerry, Ó Sé was named after the Kerry Gaelic footballer of the time; Paudie Sheehy. He was encouraged as a Gaelic footballer by his mother, who recognised his “raw talent” and nurtured it. As a boarder at St. Brendan's College Ó Sé excelled in the sport at colleges level and won back-to-back Corn Uí Mhuirí medals, however, an All-Ireland medal remained elusive.
At just fourteen-years of age Ó Sé joined the Gaaeltacht senior team in 1970. He won numerous divisional championship titles in the course of his career, while he was also selected for the West Kerry divisional team. Ó Sé won back-to-back county senior championship medals in 1984 and 1985.
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