Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer)

William Casey, born in 1932 and died on 3 December 2016, was an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1951 to 1964. He first came to prominence at eighteen as a key member of the Mayo junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in 1951 before being promoted to the senior grade the following year, making his debut in the 1951-52 league. Over the next thirteen seasons he became a regular in the starting fifteen and won one Connacht medal and one National Football League medal as a member of the extended panel. He played his last game for Mayo in July 1964.