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Irish Gaelic footballer
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Ambrose O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name Ambrós Ó Donnabháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born (1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 (age 62)
Gneeveguilla, County Kerry
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname Rosie
Club(s)
Years Club
1970s-1990s Gneeveguilla
Club titles
Kerry titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1984-1992 Kerry 26 (1-06)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 3
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Ambrose 'Rosie' O'Donovan (born 11 June 1962 in Gneeveguilla, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Gneeveguilla and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1984 until 1992. O'Donovan captained Kerry to the centenary-year All-Ireland title in 1984.

O'Donovan was captain of the Kerry team which won the 1984 'Centenary All-Ireland' All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. O'Donovan was one of the youngest captains of an All Ireland winning side. He played alongside Jack O'Shea at midfield in two more successful campaigns during 1985 and 1986.

During his school years, he won two All-Ireland Vocational Schools medals with Kerry. He also won an All Ireland Minor medal in 1980.

O'Donoovan played club football with Gneeveguilla and won three O'Donoghue Cups in 1979, 1980 and 1983. He also helped the local club side win the Kerry Club Championship in 1980 beating formidable Kerry clubs such as Austin Stacks and Castleisland Desmonds.

References

  1. http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t05e.html/ RTÉ TV revisits 1984
Sporting positions
Preceded byDiarmuid O'Donoghue Kerry Senior Football Captain
1984
Succeeded byPáidí Ó Sé
Achievements
Preceded byTommy Drumm
(Dublin)
All-Ireland Senior Football
winning captain

1984
Succeeded byPáidí Ó Sé
(Kerry)
Kerry Football Teams
Kerry – 1980 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (9th title)
Subs
T. Spillane
Manager
T. Prendergast
Kerry – 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (28th title)
Sub used
18 T. O'Dowd for J. Egan
Subs not used
16 M. Sheehy
19 D. O'Donoghue
20 J. Higgins
21 D. Hartnett
22 G. O'Sullivan
23 W. O'Connor
24 V. O'Connor
25 T. Lynch
26 M. Keating
Manager
M. O'Dwyer
Selectors
K. Griffin
J. Keohane
M. O'Sullivan
E. O'Sullivan
Kerry – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (29th title)
Sub used
17 J. Kennedy for G. Power
Subs not used
16 J. Higgins
18 G. O'Sullivan
19 J. Mulvihill
20 S. Liston
21 D. Hanafin
22 D. O'Donoghue
23 J. Keane
24 L. Kearns
Manager
M. O'Dwyer
Selectors
T. Kennelly
J. Keohane
M. O'Sullivan
E. O'Sullivan
Kerry – 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (30th title)
Sub used
17 T. O'Dowd for A. O'Donovan
Subs not used
16 J. Kennedy
18 J. Higgins
19 M. Galwey
20 S. Stack
21 D. Hanafin
Manager
M. O'Dwyer
Selectors
T. Kennelly
J. Keohane
M. O'Sullivan
K. Griffin


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