Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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
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
Lovett spent 41 years as a teacher at Kilmoyley NS. He became principal of the school in 1971 and retired in 2004.[7]
Honours
- Kilmoyley
- Kerry
References
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Kerry – 1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (1st title) |
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Kerry – 1967 All-Ireland Junior Football Champions (10th title) |
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Kerry – 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up |
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