Donal O'Sullivan (Gaelic footballer)

Donal O'Sullivan, born in Cork on 31 December 1930 and died on 30 August 2001, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Lees and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team, usually as a full-back. He is regarded as one of Cork's all-time greatest players and also served as a Gaelic Athletic Association administrator at county and inter-provincial levels. The son of Timothy O'Sullivan, a Fianna Fáil TD and Senator, he played Sigerson Cup football with University College Cork and won a Cork Senior Championship medal as captain of Lees in 1955. As captain of the Cork senior team he led it to National League and Munster Championship successes in 1956 and to that year's All-Ireland final, lost to Galway, and he also played Railway Cup football for Munster. He joined the Cork County Board at 21 and was vice-chairman from 1970.