Frank Stockwell

Frank Stockwell, who lived from 7 December 1928 to 9 March 2009, was an Irish Gaelic footballer from Tuam in County Galway. He played club football for Tuam Stars and played senior inter-county football for Galway, Louth and London at different points between 1949 and 1960. He is regarded as Galway's greatest ever full forward, and his attacking partnership with his clubmate Sean Purcell was central to Galway's success in the 1950s. In the 1956 All-Ireland final against Cork he scored a then-record 2-05, helping Galway to the title. With Tuam Stars he won nine senior county titles, including seven in a row from 1954 to 1960, and away from football he was a Connacht champion boxer. After retiring he served Galway as a selector and became president of Tuam Stars in 2006.