William John Landers (26 April 1901 – 22 December 1958) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who played at club level with Rock Street and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Landers enjoyed a successful

career and was part of two All-Ireland-winning teams. He was also on the losing side in the 1923 All-Ireland final. Landers's inter-county career was interrupted as a result of his emigration to the United States in 1925. He returned in 1932 and immediately regained his place on the Kerry team, while he also won a County Championship title with Rock Street. Landers captained the Kerry team that toured North America in 1933 and played his last game for the team in an All-Ireland semi-final defeat by

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that same year. He also earned selection on the

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

team.

Personal life and death

Landers was one of three brothers, Tim (Roundy) and John Joe (Purty), who between them won 12 All-Ireland medals. He was involved in the War of Independence and took the anti-Treaty side during the Civil War. Landers died from a heart attack on 22 December 1958.

Honours

;Rock Street * Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1932 ;Kerry * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

* Munster Senior Football Championship:

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

* National Football League: 1931–32

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landers, Bill 1901 births 1958 deaths Austin Stacks Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)