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1970–71 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1970–71 National Football League was the 40th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Kerry beat Mayo in the final. Format 1970-71 saw the introduction of a new format. Divisions * Division One: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8. * Division Two: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8. Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away. Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. Titles * Teams in Division One competed for the National Football League title. * Teams in Division Two competed for the National Football League Division Two title. Knockout stage structure In the semi-Finals, the match-ups were as follows: * Quarter-final 1: First-placed team in Division One (A) v Second-placed team in Division One (B) * Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donie O'Sullivan (Gaelic Footballer)
Donie O'Sullivan (; born 1940) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Spa club and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1962 and 1975. He was the recipient of Kerry's first All Star Award in 1971, a feat he repeated in 1972. In 2019, he was inducted into Munster GAA's "hall of fame". According to a 2019 interview, while studying educational psychology at St. John's University in New York during the 1960s, O'Sullivan was offered a contract by New York Jets coach Weeb Ewbank. See also * List of Kerry senior Gaelic football team captains This article chronologically lists players who have captained the senior Kerry county football team in the Munster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. If a player captained Kerry in multiple games in a ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Donie 1940 births Living people All-Ireland-winning captains (football) All Stars Awards winners (football) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
