Declan Lovett
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| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Primary school principal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Football Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Position | Full-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Declan Lovett (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.
Career
[edit]Born in Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney. As a member of Kilmoyley GAA club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964. Lovett claimed further county honours in 1970 and 1971.
Lovett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor football team that beat Mayo in the 1962 All-Ireland minor final.[1] He also made his first appearances with the Kerry junior hurling team that year. Lovett also spent four years in the under-21 grade as a Gaelic footballer and won an All-Ireland U21FC medal in 1964.[2][3]
Lovett first played for the senior team during the 1964–65 NFL. He later won consecutive Division 2 titles as a hurler in 1967 and 1968.[4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967.[5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004.[7]
Honours
[edit]- Kilmoyley
- Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971
- Kerry
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1968
- National Hurling League Division 2: 1966–67, 1967–68
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1967
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1967
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1964
- Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1962, 1964
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1962
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 1962
References
[edit]- ↑ "Minor football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "1962 Munster U21 football finalists to be honoured". Hogan Stand. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Under-21 football". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Meyler rousing Kerry's hurling passions". Irish Examiner. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Kerry profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Declan Lovett". Terrace Talk website. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Principal Declan says farewell in Kilmoyley". The Kerryman. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2023.