Charlie Gallagher (25 December 1937 – 24 July 1989) was a

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 for the Cootehill Celtic club and the Cavan county team.

Playing career

Gallagher regularly topped the nation’s scoring charts in the 1960s. He debut for Cavan in 1955 at the age of 17 years, against

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in the

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. He won

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medals in 1962, 1964, 1967 and 1969. He also won an

Ulster Junior Football Championship The Ulster Junior Football Championship is a junior Gaelic football knockout competition organised by the Ulster GAA. The competition began in 1914, with Cavan winning during the inaugural title. The most successful county to date is Cavan, who ...

medal in 1962. He was captain of Cavan in 1967 and 1969. He won Railway Cup medals with

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in 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1968. He won a Cú Chulainn Award in 1964. His older brother Brian won an All-Ireland medal in 1952.

Honours

;

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(1): 1962 *

(4): 1962, 1964, 1967 (c), 1969 (c) ; Cootehill Celtic *

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(2): 1954, 1955 * Cavan Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1971 * Cavan Junior Football Championship (1): 1969 ;

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

(4): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 (c) ; UCD *

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(1): 1960 ; St Patrick's College *

MacRory Cup The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade. Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The win ...

(1): 1955 ;Individual * Cú Chulainn Award (1): 1964

Other honours

* Number 94 in

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* He is seventh in the all-time top

scorers chart with 10–142 (172 points).

Death

He died from drowning near his home in Cootehill, County Cavan, in July 1989.

References

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