P. J. Smyth

P. J. Smyth, born in 1948 in Tuam, County Galway, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played club football for his local side Tuam Stars and, at senior level, for the Galway county team from 1971 until 1972. He holds the distinction of being the first goalkeeper selected as a football All-Star, the award that recognises the best players in each position of a Gaelic football season. His inter-county career was short, spanning two seasons, but his place at the start of the All-Stars selections keeps his name in the record of the sport.