KERRY’S TRIUMPH YESTERDAY in Croke Park ensured that Éamonn Fitzmaurice joins a special group of GAA greats.

Fitzmaurice won an All-Ireland senior football title with his county as a manager to add to those he claimed as a player. He joins giants of the game who have also won both accolades as a manager and player.

1. Kevin Heffernan (Dublin)

Player: 1958 - Manager: 1974, 1976 and 1983.

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2. Tony Hanahoe (Dublin)

Player: 1974, 1976 and 1977 - Manager: 1977.

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3. Mick O’Dwyer (Kerry)

Player: 1959, 1962, 1969 and 1970. - Manager: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986.

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4. Billy Morgan (Cork)

Player: 1973 - Manager: 1989, 1990.

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5. Pat O’Neill (Dublin)

Player: 1976 and 1977 – Manager: 1995.

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6. Páidí Ó Sé (Kerry)

Player: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986. - Manager: 1997 and 2000.

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7. Conor Counihan (Cork)

Player: 1989 and 1990. – Manager: 2010.

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8. Pat Gilroy (Dublin)

Player: 1995 - Manager: 2011

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9. Jim McGuinness (Donegal)

Player: 1992 – Manager: 2012.

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10. Jim Gavin (Dublin)

Player: 1995 – Manager: 2013.

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11. Éamonn Fitzmaurice (Kerry)

Player: 2000, 2004 and 2006 - Manager: 2014.

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