Séamus Darby

Séamus Darby (born 1950 in Rhode, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, best remembered for the unexpected late goal that deprived Kerry of a record five All-Ireland football titles in a row in the 1982 final. He had come on as a substitute with instructions to stay forward and try for a goal, got behind his marker Tommy Doyle, caught a high lobbing ball and scored the goal that gave Offaly a one-point win, 1-15 to 0-17; it was his only kick of the match, and in 2005 it was voted the third greatest moment in GAA history. He won Leinster Senior Football Championship titles with Offaly in 1972, 1973 and 1982, having been an unused substitute in Offaly's first ever All-Ireland win in 1971, and he played his last match for the county in 1984. He played club football for Rhode until 1986 and later for Edenderry and Borrisokane. The phrase to do a Séamus Darby has since been used in other fields, and TG4 devoted an episode of Laochra Gael to his life in 2019.