John Vincent Lucey (1943 - 25 June 1999) was an Irish

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er. He played at club level with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers and Mid Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career

Born in

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, Lucey first played Gaelic football with Glenbeigh-Glencar before later joining the Laune Rangers club. He won a County Championship title with divisional side Mid Kerry in 1967. Lucey was a member of the Kerry team that won the Munster Vocational Schools' Championship in 1959 before later winning a Leinster Championship title with the Dublin minor team in 1961. He subsequently declared for his native county and was part of the Kerry under-21 team that won the inaugural All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in

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. Lucey followed his brothers Noel and

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onto the Kerry senior football team and was at right wing-forward for Kerry's 1965 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway., having earlier won a Munster Championship title.

Personal life and death

Lucey, like his brothers, joined the Irish Air Corps and was stationed in

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.Limerick on 25 June 1999.

Career statistics

Honours

;Mid Kerry * Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1967 ;Dublin *

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;Kerry * Munster Senior Football Championship:

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* All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship:

* Munster Under-21 Football Championship:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucey, Vincent 1943 births 1999 deaths Glenbeigh-Glencar Gaelic footballers Laune Rangers Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers