Ollie Freaney

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Oliver Freaney (1929 – 27 September 1991) was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team.

Freaney was Ireland's top-scoring forward in 1955 and 1959. He scored a goal in the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} With 23–242 (311 points), Freaney is Dublin's seventh all-time highest scorer in league and championship.{{cite news|first=Conor|last=McKeon|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublins-alltime-leading-scorers-how-dean-rock-surpassed-bernard-brogan-and-his-own-father-38487313.html|title=Dublin's all-time leading scorers: How Dean Rock surpassed Bernard Brogan – and his own father|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=11 September 2019|accessdate=11 September 2019}} He made 90 appearances for his county in league and championship.

Alongside Kevin Heffernan, Freaney pioneered Dublin's more "scientific" approach, which did not work too well when they met Kerry.{{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20190831/282776358210739|title=When Kerry put a spanner in the Dublin 'machine': The 1955 All-Ireland pitted a revolutionary Dubs outfit against old-style Kerry values|work=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=31 August 2019|accessdate=31 August 2019}} Freaney won 13 Dublin Senior Football Championships with St Vincents.

Freaney owned one of the country's biggest accountancy companies. He married Kathleen Mullen from Portnablagh, County Donegal. He died while holidaying in Donegal in 1991.{{cite news|first=Martin|last=McGinley|title=Full circle|work=Donegal News|date=12 September 2019|page=16}}