Kyle Coney

Kyle Coney, born in 1990, is a Gaelic footballer for the Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa club and the Tyrone county team. He won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal with Tyrone in 2008 and Ulster Minor Championships with the county in 2007 and 2008, and he won the Tyrone Minor Championship with his club in 2008. He attended the sports and English specialist school Holy Trinity College in Cookstown. In July 2008 he signed a two-year rookie contract with the Australian rules team Sydney Swans, but did not leave for Australia until the completion of the All-Ireland Minor Championship and the Tyrone minor and senior championships, beginning the contract in November 2008. He returned home as planned in December to play for Ardboe Minors in the Ulster Minor Club Championship.