Brian Smyth (Gaelic footballer)

Brian Smyth, born in Batterstown, County Meath, on 24 March 1924 and died on 16 March 2016, was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Meath county football team. He had his first involvement with Gaelic football and hurling against Boy Scouts from Dublin who came to the area on weekend camps, and he played for Batterstown, Flathouse, Ratoath, Oberstown, Dunboyne and Skryne, helping Skryne to five football championships. He debuted with the Meath junior hurling team in 1944, winning an All-Ireland medal in that code, and joined the senior football team in 1946. In a hugely successful era he won two All-Ireland medals, four Leinster medals and one National League medal, captained the 1949 All-Ireland winners and retired after the 1957 championship.