Tom Costelloe (Tralee Mitchels Gaelic footballer)

Thomas Costelloe, born in Tralee, County Kerry, on 13 January 1887 and died on 15 September 1934, was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen years from 1903 until 1918. He was educated locally and later worked as a farmer and lime kiln operator. As a dual player he first played competitive football and hurling with the Tralee Mitchels club, and in a lengthy career he won four county football championship medals between 1907 and 1917 as well as three county hurling championship medals between 1908 and 1912. He was just sixteen when he made his debut as a substitute on the inter-county scene with the Kerry senior football team in 1903.