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Dan Kavanagh (Gaelic footballer)

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Daniel Kavanagh, born in 1920 and died on 27 January 2008, was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Galway and Kerry senior teams lasted ten seasons from 1941 until 1950. He made his inter-county debut at sixteen with the Kerry minor team, had two championship seasons with them and ended his underage career as an All-Ireland runner-up. He later joined the Galway senior team, debuting in the 1941 championship and winning two Connacht medals over the next three years, before joining the Kerry senior team in 1944. He won his sole All-Ireland medal with Kerry in 1946, along with five Munster medals, before retiring from inter-county football in 1950.

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    (1920
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    Kavanagh won his sole All-Ireland medal with the team in 1946. He also won five Munster medals
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    was an Irish Gaelic footballer
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    was an Irish Gaelic footballer
  • On The Roster Of: Galway county football team, Lead, county team
    His league and championship career with the Galway and Kerry senior teams lasted ten seasons from 1941 until 1950
  • On The Roster Of: Kerry county football team, Lead, county team
    His league and championship career with the Galway and Kerry senior teams lasted ten seasons from 1941 until 1950
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