Gus Cremin (26 January 1921 to 13 November 2014) was an Irish Gaelic footballer from Lisselton in north Kerry who played midfield for Kerry. After helping Shannon Rangers win the 1945 Kerry County Championship alongside Eddie Dowling, he was in line for the Kerry captaincy the following year, was chosen for the Kerry juniors in 1946 and went straight onto the senior side for the All-Ireland semi-final against Antrim. He captained Kerry in the drawn All-Ireland final against Roscommon, becoming the youngest man to lead the county in a final, yet was dropped for the replay. He came on as a substitute with fifteen minutes left, set up a goal for Paddy Burke and then scored a point from 50 yards that proved decisive in Kerry's win. A broken leg kept him from the 1947 Polo Grounds final in New York, and his last game for Kerry was the 1948 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Mayo.
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Kerry GAA.
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Kerry GAA.
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In the final against Roscommon he captained Kerry and became the youngest ever to lead the side in an All-Ireland final.
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