Jerry Shelly

Jeremiah Shelly, born on 27 February 1891 and died on 13 August 1963, was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose championship career at senior level with the Tipperary county team spanned ten years from 1914 to 1924. He made his inter-county debut at twenty when he was selected for the Tipperary junior team in 1911 and, after two championship seasons with the juniors, won an All-Ireland medal in 1912. He then joined the Tipperary senior team, debuting in the 1914 championship, and the highlight of his inter-county career came in 1920 when he won an All-Ireland medal as captain of the team. He also won two Munster medals.