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Martin Furlong (born 14 September 1946 in Tullamore,
County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...
) is an Irish former
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er who played for his local club Tullamore and was the first-choice goalkeeper at senior level on the Offaly county team from 1966 until 1985. Furlong is the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland SFC medals in 1971, 1972 and 1982. He also won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1964. He won the
Texaco Footballer of the Year The Texaco Footballer of the Year was a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fi ...
in 1982 after Offaly's All-Ireland SFC win. In 1989 Martin moved from Clonminch, Tullamore to America following the request of him older brother Tom, to assist him in running his bar. Martin continues to live in New York, two of his sons live in America, one son and his only daughter returned to Ireland. He was interviewed from his American base for the documentary '' Players of the Faithful''. In May 2020, the ''
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'' named Furlong as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Furlong, Martin 1946 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Gaelic football goalkeepers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers Tullamore Gaelic footballers Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)