Jack O'Shea

Jack O'Shea (born 1957) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Cahersiveen in south Kerry, listed in Wikipedia under his formal name John O'Shea. Primarily a midfielder, he was a member of the highly successful Kerry senior football team from 1976 until 1992, and he played club football at various times with St Mary's in Kerry and Leixlip in Kildare. His honours include six All-Ireland winners' medals, the last of them won in 1985 against Dublin, and six All Stars at midfield. He won the Texaco Footballer of the Year award a record four times, in 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1985. In 1984, the GAA's centenary year, he was selected at midfield on its Football Team of the Century, and he is regarded as one of the all-time great players of the game.