Tim Lyons

Tim Lyons (Timothy Lyons, 1935 to 10 July 1984) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Cordal and Castleislands Desmonds and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. Born near Castleisland in County Kerry, he first stood out as a schoolboy with St Brendan's College in Killarney, which earned him a place on the Munster Colleges team in 1952 and 1953. Studies at University College Dublin brought three Sigerson Cup titles and a place on the Combined Universities team. He appeared for the Kerry minor team in 1953 and made his senior debut in 1956, then held a regular place for much of the next decade. He won All-Ireland Championship titles in 1959 and 1962, along with six Munster Championship titles and two National League titles. He qualified from University College Dublin with a science degree in agriculture and worked as an instructor at Pallaskenry Agricultural College, as an adviser to the Kerry county committee of agriculture and later as head of agriculture with Kerry Co-Op. He died in Tralee on 10 July 1984, aged 49.