Thomas Conlon (1925 – 23 January 1990) was an Irish

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er. At club level he played with Stabannon Parnells and was also a member of the

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Career

Conlon first played

as a minor with the O'Connell's club in 1941. The following year he played with the

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minors and was also a member of the beaten Mid Louth side in the county final. Conlon was still eligible for the minor grade when he won a Louth JFC medal with Stabannon Parnells in 1943 before winning a

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title in 1945. He

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ed the club their inaugural Louth SFC title in 1949, before claiming a second winners' medal in 1954. Conlon first appeared on the inter-county scene as a substitute with the Louth minor team in 1942. He was just 19-years-old when he made his senior team debut against Meath in 1944. Conlon made his championship debut as captain during Louth's Leinster SFC-winning season in 1950, however, they lost the subsequent

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. He claimed a second Leinster medal in 1953 before retiring from inter-county activity. Conlon was coaxed back to the Louth team and won a third Leinster medal in 1957. He was at full-back when Louth beat

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in the 1957 All-Ireland final.

Personal life and death

Conlon spent his entire working life as a farmer in Stabannon. He died after a period of illness on 23 January 1990, aged 64.

Honours

;Stabannon Parnells *

Louth Senior Football Championship The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster S ...

: 1949 (c), 1954 ;Louth *

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(c),

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;Leinster *

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 ...

: 1952, 1953, 1954

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conlon, Tom 1925 births 1990 deaths Stabannon Parnells Gaelic footballers Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers