Seamus Aldridge

Seamus Aldridge, born in 1935, is a Gaelic games administrator, Gaelic football referee and former player who is a member of the Round Towers club in County Kildare. He played for the Kildare minor football team until the age of 29 and began refereeing in 1963 after his playing career ended. He refereed the 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and has also refereed in hurling. As an administrator he served as secretary and treasurer of the Kildare County Board, spent 20 years as a delegate to the Leinster Council, chaired that council from 1999 to 2001, and stood for the presidency of the Gaelic Athletic Association, finishing runner-up.