Donie O'Sullivan (Gaelic footballer)

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{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

| image =

| name = Donie O'Sullivan

| irish = Dónal Ó Súilleabháin

| fullname =

| feet = 5

| inches = 10

| occupation = Teacher{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30968996.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title =The Big Interview with Donie O'Sullivan: Memories and friends for life | date = 7 December 2019 | accessdate = 28 April 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/the-7-ages-of-the-gaa-26383350.html| publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = The 7 ages of the GAA | date = 8 May 2006 | accessdate = 28 April 2021 }}

| county = Kerry

| province = Munster

| clposition = Corner-back

| clubs = Dr Crokes, Spa, Clan na Gael,
UCD, Kerry (New York)

| clyears = 1950s–1970s

| clapps(points) =

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| clallireland =

| counties = Kerry

| icposition = Corner-back

| icyears = 1962–1975

| icapps(points) = 35 (0-02)

| icprovince = 9

| icallireland = 4

| nfl = 7

| allstars = 2{{cite web|url = https://kerrysportshub.ie/2019/12/04/munster-gaa-hall-of-fame-award-for-donie-osullivan/ | website = kerrysportshub.ie | title = Munster GAA Hall of Fame Award for Donie O'Sullivan | date = 4 December 2019 | accessdate = 28 April 2021 | quote = The 1970 All Ireland winning captain and two-time All Star }}

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| birth_place=Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

| birth_date= {{birth year and age|1940}}

}}

Donie O'Sullivan ({{lga|Dónal Ó Súilleabháin}}; born 1940) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Spa club and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1962 and 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx|title=Kerry GAA profile|publisher=www.hoganstand.com|access-date=2010-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623043830/http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx|archive-date=2010-06-23|url-status=dead}} He was the recipient of Kerry's first All Star Award in 1971,{{cite web|url = https://www.killarneyadvertiser.ie/spa-club-legend-enters-munster-hall-of-fame/ | publisher = Killarney Advertiser | website = killarneyadvertiser.ie | title = Spa Club legend enters Munster Hall of Fame | date = 16 December 2019 | accessdate = 28 April 2021 }} a feat he repeated in 1972.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/sport/gaa/donie-osullivan-was-a-fitting-first-as-kerrys-all-star-dominance-began-in-71-40124907.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = Donie O'Sullivan was a fitting first as Kerry's All Star dominance began in '71 | date = 24 February 2021 | accessdate = 28 April 2021 }} In 2019, he was inducted into Munster GAA's "hall of fame".

According to a 2019 interview, while studying educational psychology at St. John's University in New York during the 1960s, O'Sullivan was offered a contract by New York Jets coach Weeb Ewbank.