Dan Spring (22 July 1910 to 6 September 1988) was an Irish Gaelic football player from Tralee, County Kerry, who later became a Labour Party politician. He captained the Tralee Kerins O'Rahilly's club, with which he won two Kerry Senior Football Championship titles, in 1933 and 1939. He first played for Kerry in 1930, when he won Munster and All-Ireland Junior titles, then joined the senior team and won All-Ireland titles in 1939, and he captained the side that won the All-Ireland final in 1940. Away from the pitch he was elected a Teachta Dala for Kerry North in 1943, held the seat until 1981, served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1956 to 1957 and was the father of the Labour leader Dick Spring.
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was an Irish Labour Party politician
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Dan Spring (22 July 1910-6 September 1988)
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He was the father of Dick Spring
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he won All-Ireland titles in 1939 and captain of the side when they won the All-Ireland final in 1940
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was an Irish Labour Party politician
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Spring was a Gaelic football player
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He later joined the senior team where he won All-Ireland titles in 1939
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He first played with Kerry when he won Munster and All-Ireland Junior titles in 1930.
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