Tony McManus (born 14 April 1957) is a former

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 from

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. He played with the

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intercounty team from the 1970s until the 1990s. He had much success winning

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning ...

s in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, a

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Title in 1979, an

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

in 1978, he also played in the

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

final in 1980 when

lost out to

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, he also won an All Star Award in 1989. He had much success at club level also with

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. He won 12

Roscommon Senior Football Championship The Roscommon Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Roscommon. The winners of the Roscommon Championship receive the Fahey Cup and qualify to represent ...

medals in 1976-77, 1979, 1981–82, 1984–91, he won 7

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football champ ...

medals in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. He also won 3

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

medals with UCD in 1977, 1978 and 1979 as captain. In May 2020, the ''

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'' named McManus as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McManus, Tony 1957 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Clan na Gael (Roscommon) Gaelic footballers Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers