Trevor Giles is an Irish former Gaelic footballer for the Meath county team. Regarded as one of the best players of his generation, he plays club football for

Skryne Skryne or Skreen (), is a village situated on and around a hill between the N2 and N3 national primary roads in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the far side of the Gabhra valley from the Hill of Tara. This valley is sometimes referre ...

. He came to prominence first when he won an All Ireland minor medal with Meath in 1992. In 1993 he moved on to the Under 21 team and won an All Ireland title coming on as a sub in the final. He would go on to win 2 All Ireland Senior medals, 3

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medals & 1 National League Medals. He usually played in the half forward line for Meath. Trevor has won 3 All Star awards and was chosen as the

All Stars Footballer of the Year The Gaelic Athletic Association & Gaelic Player's Association All Stars Footballer of the Year — known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodafone Footballer of the Year — is a Gaelic football award. It is presented annually to the footballer wh ...

in 1996 and 1999 (as of 2019 still the only player to accomplish this feat) and Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1999. Trevor had to deal with some injury setbacks in his football career, playing against

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in the 1998 Leinster final loss he ruptured his cruciate knee ligament, a serious injury which kept him out of the game for many months, but he returned in 1999 to have probably his best season of his playing career. In 2001 Meath made the All Ireland final but were well beaten by

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. Since the 2005 season Trevor has not made himself available for selection for the Meath panel. He was said to have taken inspiration from the Kildare footballer Johnny Doyle. Trevor represented Ireland in many of the annual

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series against Australia. Trevor is a cousin of another Meath footballer Mick Lyons. For his club Skryne he usually played at Center Half Back, with whom he has won 4

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Titles. He was a

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when clubmate

Mick O'Dowd Mick O'Dowd is a former Gaelic footballer and former senior manager for Meath. O'Dowd previously managed his local club Skryne to success in 2004. He was also a member of the panel in 2001 who were defeated by Galway Galway ( ; ga, ...

managed Meath. In May 2020, the '' Irish Independent'' named Giles at number seventeen in its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".

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Skryne Gaelic Football Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giles, Trevor Year of birth missing (living people) Living people All Stars Footballers of the Year Gaelic football forwards Gaelic football selectors Irish international rules football players Meath inter-county Gaelic footballers Skryne Gaelic footballers Texaco Footballers of the Year Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)