Ambrose O'Donovan

Ambrose O'Donovan
Personal information
Irish name	Ambrós Ó Donnabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	(1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 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.^[1] 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

↑ http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t05e.html/ RTÉ TV revisits 1984

Sporting positions
Preceded by Diarmuid O'Donoghue	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1984	Succeeded by Páidí Ó Sé
Achievements
Preceded by Tommy Drumm (Dublin)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1984	Succeeded by Páidí Ó Sé (Kerry)

Kerry Football Teams

Kerry – 1980 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (9th title)

1 R. O'Brien 2 D. Keane 3 M. Crowley 4 M. Counihan 5 J. O'Sullivan 6 T. Sheehy 7 J.T. O'Sullivan 8 A. O'Donovan 9 P. O'Donoghue 10 T. Dee 11 J. Shannon 12 L. Kearns 13 T. Parker 14 W. Maher 15 M. McAuliffe 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; Kevin Griffin

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