Galway three-in-a-row great Noel Tierney dies, aged 82
From the Milltown club, Tierney won three senior All-Irelands in a row with the great Galway team of 1964-66.
Galway’s Noel Tierney who won Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1964 greeted this year’s winner Galway’s Paul Conroy at a function in Milltown, . Photo: Jacinta Fahy
Mon, 11 Nov, 2024 - 10:15
Famed Galway full-back Noel Tierney has died, aged 82.
From the Milltown club, Tierney won three senior All-Irelands in a row with the great Galway team of 1964-66. Renowned for his high fielding, he was named footballer of the year after the first of those successes.
At a function in the Milltown club in recent weeks, that achievement was celebrated again with current footballer of the year Paul Conroy also in attendance.
Noel Tierney, right, and Martin Newell, Galway both soar for the ball in the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Final win over Meath at Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Connolly Collection / SPORTSFILETierney also won a minor All-Ireland with Galway in 1960 and five senior Connacht titles as well as the 1965 National League.
With Connacht, he won two Railway Cups, captaining the province in 1969.
At club level, Tierney was part of the Milltown team that won the Galway SFC in 1971, their first title.
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