Brendan Nestor

Thomas Brendan Nestor lived from 29 April 1911 to 8 February 1981 and was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Dunmore MacHales and Erin's Hope and at inter-county level with the Galway senior football team, usually as a forward. After helping Galway win the All-Ireland Junior Championship in 1931 he was promoted to the senior team and won All-Ireland Championship medals in 1934 and 1938, along with five Connacht titles and a National Football League title. He was the first Connacht player to win four Railway Cup medals. In retirement he chaired the Galway Football Board and the Connacht Council, served as a selector when Galway won three successive All-Ireland titles from 1964 to 1966, and worked as a primary school principal.