Johnny Culloty

Johnny Culloty (1936 to 24 February 2025) was a Gaelic football and hurling sportsman from Killarney, County Kerry, who played both codes for Kerry from the 1950s into the early 1970s. Best known as a goalkeeper, though he first appeared for the senior footballers as a forward in 1955, he settled in goal from 1959 and kept the position until his retirement after the 1971 championship. He won five All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, in 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969 and 1970, captaining Kerry to the title in 1969, along with twelve Munster titles and five National Football League titles. In hurling he won an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship in 1961. At club level he played football with Killarney Legion and East Kerry and hurling with Killarney and St Patrick's, winning county championships in both codes. He later managed the Kerry footballers from 1972 to 1974, winning a National League and Munster title in his first year before losing the All-Ireland final replay to Offaly.