Tony McManus (Gaelic footballer)

Tony McManus
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	(1957-04-14) 14 April 1957 County Roscommon, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2000's	Clann na nGael
Club titles
Roscommon titles	12
Connacht titles	7
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	UCD
College titles
Sigerson titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1971-	Roscommon
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	6
NFL	1
All Stars	1

Tony McManus (born 14 April 1957)^[1] is a former Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon, Ireland. He played with the Roscommon intercounty team from the 1970s until the 1990s. He had much success winning Connacht Senior Football Championships in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, an National League Title in 1979, an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1978,^[2] he also played in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final in 1980 when Roscommon lost out to Kerry, he also won an All Star Award in 1989.

He had much success at club level also with Clann na nGael. He won 12 Roscommon Senior Football Championship medals in 1976-77, 1979, 1981–82, 1984–91, he won 7 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship medals in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989.

He also won 3 Sigerson Cup medals with UCD in 1977, 1978 and 1979 as captain.

References

↑ "McManus, Tony". Hoganstand.com. 1991-06-28. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
↑ "Roscommon past U21 side to be honoured". Hoganstand.com. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

Roscommon – 1978 All Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (2nd title)

1 B. Kenny 2 D. Newton 3 P. Dolan 4 S. Tighe 5 G. Connellan 6 R. O'Beirne 7 E. Egan 8 S. Hayden 9 G. Fitzmaurice 10 M. Finneran 11 G. Emmett 12 C. Reynolds 13 A. McHugh 14 H. Crowley 15 T. McManus Subs used A. Dooley

Roscommon – 1978–79 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 J. McDermott 2 S. Tighe 3 P. Lindsay 4 T. Heneghan 5 G. Fitzmaurice 6 T. Donlon 7 D. Murray (c) 8 D. Earley 9 S. Hayden 10 T. McManus 11 J. O'Gara 12 S. Kilbride 13 M. Finneran 14 M. Freyne 15 É. McManus Subs used R. Beirne Manager T. Heneghan

Roscommon – 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 G. Sheerin 2 H. Keegan 3 P. Lindsay 4 G. Connellan 5 G. Fitzmaurice 6 T. Donlon 7 D. Murray (c) 8 D. Earley 9 S. Hayden 10 J. O'Connor 11 J. O'Gara 12 A. Dooley 13 M. Finneran 14 T. McManus 15 É. McManus Subs used M. Dolphin for A. Dooley M. McDermott for S. Hayden Manager T. Heneghan

1989 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 G. Irwin 2 J. Browne 3 G. Hargan 4 D. Flanagan 5 C. Murphy 6 C. Counihan 7 T. Davis 8 T. McCarthy 9 W. J. Padden 10 D. Barry 11 L. Tompkins 12 N. Durkin 13 P. McGrath 14 E. McKenna 15 T. McManus

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