Peter Crowley (Gaelic footballer)

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|occupation = Pharmacist

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|22|df=yes}}

|birth_place = County Kerry, Ireland

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|sport = Gaelic football

|code = Football

|county = Kerry

|province = Munster

|club = Laune Rangers

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Peter Crowley (born 22 May 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.kerrygaa.ie/news.php?item=1686&full=y |title=Kerry Senior Football Panel Profiles 2014 |date=14 September 2014 |work=Kerry GAA |accessdate=18 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073858/http://www.kerrygaa.ie/news.php?item=1686&full=y |archivedate= 6 October 2014 }} is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Laune Rangers. Crowley was a member of the Kerry county football team at senior level between 2012 and 2021, and was on the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team.{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0421/1211148-kerry-defender-peter-crowley-hangs-up-his-boots/| publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = Kerry defender Peter Crowley hangs up his boots | date = 21 August 2021 | accessdate = 16 September 2021 }} He retired from inter-county football in April 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-winning-kerry-defender-peter-crowley-retires-from-inter-county-football-40336835.html|title=All-Ireland-winning Kerry defender Peter Crowley retires from inter-county football|work=Irish Independent|date=20 April 2021}}

Early and personal life

From Killorglin,{{cite web|url = https://www.the42.ie/peter-crowley-kerry-retire-5415459-Apr2021/ | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = the42.ie | title = Kerry All-Ireland football winner Crowley retires from inter-county game | date = 20 April 2021 | accessdate = 16 September 2021 }} Crowley attended the Intermediate School Killorglin.{{cite web|url = http://www.isk.ie/about/testimonials/ | publisher = Intermediate School Killorglin | website = isk.ie | title = Testimonials | accessdate = 16 September 2021 }} He is a pharmacist by trade.

Career

Crowley played club football with Laune Rangers in the Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship.{{cite web|url = https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/club-peter-crowley-laune-rangers/ | publisher = GAA | website = gaa.ie | title = My Club: Peter Crowley - Laune Rangers | date = 15 September 2016 | accessdate = 16 September 2021 }} While at university, he played with UCC and won a Sigerson Cup medal and a Cork Senior Football Championship medal in 2011.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40270964.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Veteran Kerry defender Peter Crowley retires from inter-county football | date = 20 April 2021 | accessdate = 17 September 2021 }} He also won an Munster Minor Football Championship medal.

Joining the senior Kerry county football team in 2012, Crowley was a member of Kerry's successful 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship team. After coming on as a substitute in Kerry's defeat of Cork in the 2014 Munster Senior Football Championship final,{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2014/0706/628901-cork-v-kerry/ | publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = Kingdom lord it over below-par Rebels | date = 7 July 2014 | accessdate = 17 September 2021 }} he started at the centre half back position in the 2014 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/ose-recalled-as-donaghy-handed-no-14-jersey-for-final-30598914.html|title= O'Se recalled as Donaghy handed No 14 jersey for final|date=19 September 2014|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=19 September 2014}} Following Kerry's win over Donegal in the final, Crowley was recognised with an All-Star award for the 2014 football season.

Crowley was a member of the Kerry team that won the 2017 National Football League,{{cite web|url = https://www.the42.ie/dublin-kerry-report-3331476-Apr2017/ | website = the42.ie | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | title = David Moran phenomenal as Kerry sack the Dublin empire to lift league crown | date = 9 April 2017 | accessdate = 17 September 2021 | quote = Kerry [..] 5. Peter Crowley (Laune Rangers) }} and he also represented Ireland in the 2017 International Rules Series.

While he was a member of the panel that reached the 2019 National Football League division 1 final, he did not participate in the 2019 championship season due to injury.{{cite web|url =https://www.the42.ie/peter-crowley-knee-injury-4614888-May2019/ | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = the42.ie | title = Peter Crowley out for Championship after suffering season-ending knee injury | date = 1 May 2019 | accessdate = 17 September 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0501/1046866-season-ending-cruciate-injury-for-kerrys-peter-crowley/| publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = Season-ending cruciate injury for Kerry's Peter Crowley | date = 1 May 2019 | accessdate = 17 September 2021 }}

Crowley announced his retirement from inter-county football in April 2021, due to "injury problems and work commitments".

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