Gerry O'Malley (Gaelic footballer)

Gerald Gerry O'Malley, born in Brideswell, County Roscommon, in 1928 and died on 5 January 2016, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Roscommon senior team. He was introduced to Gaelic games at Brideswell National School and the Marist College, and at club level he first lined out as a minor dual player with Four Roads, winning seven championship medals as a hurler in a career of over twenty years. As a footballer he moved to the St Patrick's club and later won four championship medals with St Brigid's. He made his senior football debut during the 1947-48 league, played a key role for Roscommon during a hugely successful era, won four Connacht SFC medals and was an All-Ireland SFC runner-up once. He also won three Railway Cup medals as a footballer with Connacht, and an All-Ireland medal with the hurling team at the end of his career.