Jim Brosnan (Gaelic footballer)

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Jim Brosnan
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield/Forward
Born	County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s–1970s	Moyvane
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1949–1959	Kerry	28 (3–23)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	5
All-Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Jim Brosnan (1930 – 3 December 2011) was a Gaelic footballer, manager and administrator from County Kerry. He played with Kerry during the 1940s and 1950s.

Personal life

Brosnan started his life in Moyvane, being the son of the famous Con Brosnan. Con collected six medals back in the twenties and thirties. His brother Mick, who was also a doctor, spent his life practising in England. Brosnan practised his medicine in Dingle.

Club

He played club football with Moyvane and Shannon Rangers. He won a number of North Kerry Senior Football Championships with Moyvane.

He won All-Irelands with Kerry in 1953 and 1955. He was flown home specially for the 1955 final from America. He also won a National League medal in 1959. He also won a Munster Minor Championship medal in 1948.

During his college days he was a star with UCC. He won 2 Sigerson Cup titles with the college in 1943 and 1946. He was selected on the 2011 Sigerson Team of the Century.

As a manager he led Kerry to back to back All Ireland Minor titles in 1962 and 63.

Brosnan took over as Kerry team trainer in 1965. He held this position until 1968

As an administrator he served as chairman of the Kerry County Board for several years. It was he who was instrumental in putting the Kerry club structure in place which is very often envied by other counties. He also served as chairman of the Dingle club.

References

"Jim succeeds Dr. Eamon as Kerry team trainer"; Kerryman 27/02/1965, p. 16
"Jackie Lyne will train Kerry team"; Kerryman 15/05/1968, p. 21

External links

Jim Brosnan at Terrace Talk
Kerry at hoganstand.com
Kerry GAA mourns Dr Jim Brosnan. 5/12/11. hoganstand.com

v t e Kerry – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)
1 J. Foley 2 J. Murphy (c) 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 C. Kennelly 6 J. Cronin 7 M. Palmer 8 S. Murphy 9 D. Hanafin 10 J. Brosnan 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 T. Lyne 13 T. Ashe 14 S. Kelly 15 J. Lyne Sub used 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin Subs not used 17 J. O'Shea 18 P. Sheehy 19 B. O'Shea 20 M. Brosnan

Kerry – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)

Sub used: 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin

Subs not used: 17 J. O'Shea; 18 P. Sheehy; 19 B. O'Shea; 20 M. Brosnan

v t e Kerry – 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 G. O'Mahony 2 M. Palmer 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 C. Kennelly 8 J. Dowling (c) 9 T. Moriarty 10 B. Buckley 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 P. Sheehy 13 J. Brosnan 14 S. Kelly 15 T. Lyne

v t e Kerry – 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)
1 G. O'Mahony 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Roche 4 M. Palmer 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 T. Moriarty 8 John Dowling (c) 9 D. O'Shea 10 P. Sheehy 11 T. Costelloe 12 T. Lyne 13 J. Cullotty 14 M. Murphy 15 J. Brosnan Sub used 16 J. J. Sheehan for T. Moriarty Subs not used 17 G. O'Sullivan 18 B. Buckley 19 D. McAuliffe 20 C. Kennelly 21 D. Dillon 22 N. Fitzgerald 23 P. Fitzgerald 24 D. O'Neill

Kerry – 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)

Sub used: 16 J. J. Sheehan for T. Moriarty

Subs not used: 17 G. O'Sullivan; 18 B. Buckley; 19 D. McAuliffe; 20 C. Kennelly; 21 D. Dillon; 22 N. Fitzgerald; 23 P. Fitzgerald; 24 D. O'Neill

v t e Kerry – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 J. Culloty 2 Donie O'Sullivan 3 N. Sheehy 4 M. Morris 5 S. Murphy 6 P. O'Donoghue 7 J. D. O'Connor (c) 8 Denis O'Sullivan 9 M. O'Connell 10 V. Lucey 11 P. Griffin 12 D. O'Shea 13 B. O'Callaghan 14 M. O'Dwyer 15 J. J. Barrett Subs used 18 D. Geaney for V. Lucey 21 J. O'Shea for J. J. Barrett Subs not used 16 M. Kelly 17 J. Lucey 19 S. Burrows 20 P. Bowler 22 J. Burke 23 T. Sheehan 24 S. Mac Gearailt Trainer J. Brosnan

Kerry – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 18 D. Geaney for V. Lucey; 21 J. O'Shea for J. J. Barrett

Subs not used: 16 M. Kelly; 17 J. Lucey; 19 S. Burrows; 20 P. Bowler; 22 J. Burke; 23 T. Sheehan; 24 S. Mac Gearailt

Trainer: J. Brosnan

v t e Kerry football team – managers
J. Brosnan (1965–68) J. Lyne (1968–71) J. Keohane (1971–72) J. Culloty (1972–75) M. O'Dwyer (1975–89) M. O'Sullivan (1989–92) D. Moran (1992–95) P. Ó Sé (1995–03) J. O'Connor (2003–06) P. O'Shea (2006–08) J. O'Connor (2008–12) É. Fitzmaurice (2012–18) P. Keane (2018–2021) J. O'Connor (2021–)

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