Vincent Lucey

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Vincent Lucey
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Personal information
Native name
Uinseann Ó Luasaigh (Irish)
Born1943
Died25 June 1999 (aged 56)
Limerick, Ireland
OccupationAir Corps member
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sport
SportGaelic football
PositionLeft corner-forward
Club
Years Club
Glenbeigh-Glencar
Laune Rangers
Mid Kerry
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Inter-county
Years County Apps (scores)
1963-1965
Kerry 6 (2-08)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

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

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Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry, 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.[1] 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 1964.[2] Lucey followed his brothers Noel and Jimmy 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.[3][4][5]

Personal life and death

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Lucey, like his brothers, joined the Irish Air Corps and was stationed in Baldonnel Aerodrome.<He died after a long period of illness at Milford Hospice in Limerick on 25 June 1999.

Career statistics

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Team Season National League Munster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Kerry 1962-63 Division 1 0 0-00 2 1-02 0 0-00 2 1-02
1963-64 1 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00 1 0-00
1964-65 4 0-05 2 1-06 2 0-00 8 1-11
Career total 5 0-05 4 2-08 2 0-00 11 2-13

Honours

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Mid Kerry
Dublin
Kerry

References

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