Joe O'Connor (Gaelic footballer)

Joe O'Connor is a Gaelic footballer. He plays for the Austin Stacks club in midfield and at senior level for the Kerry county team.

Though he never started a game for Kerry, O'Connor was named senior captain for the 2022 season (replacing Paul Murphy), in a year when Kerry won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1] and was injured.[2][3][4][5] He formerly played rugby with Munster.[6]

  1. ^ O'Kane, Karl (2 February 2022). "Joe O'Connor named Kerry captain despite never starting game for Kingdom".
  2. ^ O'Halloran, Rob (13 September 2022). "Huge blow as Kerry's All-Ireland winning captain suffers long-term injury".
  3. ^ Kissane, Sinead (21 October 2022). "Kerry captain Joe O'Connor admits he's likely to miss out on All-Ireland defence". Irish Independent.
  4. ^ "Kerry's Joe O'Connor set for lengthy absence due to ACL injury". The42.ie. 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Kerry captain Joe O'Connor suffers ACL injury and will likely miss 2023 intercounty season". Sky Sports. 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ Collins, Martin (2 February 2022). "Joe O'Connor is 2022 Kerry Captain". Austin Stacks.