List of Meath senior Gaelic football team captains

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This article lists players who have captained the Meath senior football team in the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Historically, the captain was usually chosen from the club that won the Meath Senior Hurling Championship; however, in recent years, the captain has been appointed by the manager.

List of captains

Year Player Club National Provincial
1949 Brian Smyth Skryne All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [1]
1950
1951 Séamus Heery Rathkenny Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1952 Paddy Meegan Syddan Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1953 Tom Duff Syddan
1954 Peter McDermott Navan O'Mahonys All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [2]
1955 Tom O'Brien Skryne
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963 Peter Darby Trim
1964 Dinny Donnelly Skryne Leinster Football Final-winning captain [3]
1965 Martin Quinn Kilbride
1966 Dave Carty Skryne Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1967 Peter Darby Trim All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [4]
1968 Jack Quinn Kilbride
1969
1970 Jack Quinn Kilbride Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1971
1972
1973 Ollie Geraghty Seneschalstown
1974 Ronan Giles Navan O'Mahonys
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986 Joe Cassells Navan O'Mahonys Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1987 Mick Lyons Summerhill All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [5]
1988 Joe Cassells Navan O'Mahonys All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [6]
1989 Colm O'Rourke Skryne
1990 Colm O'Rourke Skryne Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1991 Liam Hayes Skryne Leinster Football Final-winning captain
1992
1993
1994 Robbie O'Malley St Colmcille's
1995 Martin O'Connell St Michael's
1996 Tommy Dowd Dungerry All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [7]
1997 John McDermott Skryne
1998 Brendan Reilly St Peter's Dunboyne
1999 Graham Geraghty Seneschalstown All-Ireland Football Final-winning captain Leinster Football Final-winning captain [8]
2000 Darren Fay Trim
2001 Trevor Giles Skryne Leinster Football Final-winning captain [9]
2002 Trevor Giles Skryne
2003 Darren Fay Trim
2004 Paddy Reynolds Walterstown
2005 David Gallagher St Peter's Dunboyne
2006 Nigel Crawford St Peter's Dunboyne
2007 Brendan Murphy Trim
2008 Nigel Crawford St Peter's Dunboyne
2008 Nigel Crawford St Peter's Dunboyne
2010 Nigel Crawford St Peter's Dunboyne
2011 Séamus Kenny Simonstown Gaels
2012 Séamus Kenny Simonstown Gaels
2013 Kevin Reilly Navan O'Mahonys
2014 Kevin Reilly Navan O'Mahonys
2015 Donal Keogan St Peter's Dunboyne
2016 Donal Keogan St Peter's Dunboyne
2017 Graham Reilly St Colmcille's [10]
2018 Bryan Menton Donaghmore Ashbourne [11]
2019 Donal Keogan St Peter's Dunboyne [12]
Bryan Menton Donaghmore Ashbourne
2020 Donal Keogan St Peter's Dunboyne
Bryan Menton Donaghmore Ashbourne
2021 Shane McEntee Rathkenny [13]

References

  1. ↑ "OBITUARY: Brian Smyth - Meath stalwart who captained 1949 All-Ireland winners". Irish Examiner. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Former Meath captain Peter McDermott dies". RTÉ Sport. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "'64 was another good year". Hogan Stand. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Men of '67: Peter Darby". Hogan Stand. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mick Lyons". Hogan Stand. 13 September 1991. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Inside Back: Where are they now?". Irish Independent. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "'If I was ever to get back to another All-Ireland final, I certainly didn't think it would be in 1996'". The Meath Chronicle. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Meath GAA wish All-Ireland winning captain Geraghty well after successful operation". The 42. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Giles harbours regret over All-Ireland defeat after 19 years but still counts himself lucky". Irish Independent. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Biggy – Meath Captain 2017". St Colmcille's GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Bryan Menton - Meath Senior Football Captain for 2018". Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Menton glad to see the back of 'tough few years' for Royals". Irish Independent. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Four changes from Leinster final loss as new Meath captain unveiled". The Meath Chronicle. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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