Val Daly

Val Daly

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre forward
Born	(1962-09-19) 19 September 1962 (age 62) Galway, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Forester
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mountbellew–Moylough
Club titles
Galway titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1981–1997	Galway	? (5–60)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	5
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	2

Val Daly is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.

Originally from Mountbellew,^[1] Daly made his debut with the county side in the 1981 National League and played until the 1997 Championship season when he was player manager.^{[citation needed]}

An All-Star in 1987 and 1990, Daly won five Connacht Senior Football Championship titles. As well as managing the Galway football team between 1996 and 1997, he was also appointed temporary manager of the Roscommon county football team in 2005, after the resignation of Tommy Carr from the post.^[2]

He is currently manager of his own club side Mountbellew–Moylough in the Galway Senior Football Championship.^{[citation needed]}

His sons John and Michael Daly also played for Galway.^[3]

References

1. "Galway's Val Daly:In a class of his own". Hoganstand.com. 21 June 1991. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
2. "Val Daly to take temporary charge". Roscommon Herald. 23 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
3. Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent. Centre-back John Daly has now joined his father Val, a two-time winner, in the All-Stars pantheon.