Dan McAuliffe

Daniel McAuliffe (1933 – 9 March 1999) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Duagh, Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Dan McAuliffe

Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Mac Amhlaoibh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-forward
Born	1933 Duagh, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	9 March 1999 (aged 65) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation	Publican
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Duagh Feale Rangers Shannon Rangers
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1955–1964	Kerry	21 (5-39)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	7
All-Irelands	3
NFL	2

Career

Born in Duagh, County Kerry, McAuliffe first came to prominence as a member of the local club.^[1] He made his first appearances at inter-county level as a member of the Kerry minor team that won the Munster Minor Championship title in 1951. A spell with the Kerry junior team yielded an All-Ireland Junior Championship medal in 1954, before McAuliffe was drafted onto the Kerry senior team the following year. He won his first All-Ireland Championship title as a non-playing substitute in his debut season, before claiming two further winners' medals on the field of play in 1959 and 1962.^[2][3] McAuliffe also won six Munster Championship titles and was involved in two National League title-winning teams. Following the conclusion of his inter-county career, he enjoyed success at club level by winning a County Championship title as captain of Shannon Rangers in 1964.

Personal life and death

McAuliffe spent his working life as a publican and owner of a scaffolding business in his native Duagh. He died aged 65 at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee on 9 March 1999, after battling illness for the previous seven years.

Career statistics

Team	Season	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Kerry	1954–55	Division 1	0	0-00	1	0-01	1	0-01	2	0-02
	1955–56		4	1-03	2	0-01	—		6	1-04
	1956–57		3	0-02	1	0-01	—		4	0-03
	1957–58		3	0-01	1	0-01	0	0-00	4	0-02
	1958–59		7	0-22	2	1-11	2	3-06	11	4-39
	1959–60		7	2-19	1	0-01	1	0-00	9	2-20
	1960–61		7	3-15	3	0-09	1	0-01	11	3-25
	1961–62		3	2-08	2	1-06	2	0-00	7	3-14
	1962–63		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	1963–64		0	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00	1	0-00
Career total			34	8-70	14	2-31	7	3-08	55	13-109

Honours

Shannon Rangers

• Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1964 (c)

Kerry

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1955, 1959, 1962
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
• National Football League: 1958–59, 1960–61
• All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1954
• Munster Junior Football Championship: 1954
• Munster Minor Football Championship: 1951