Tim Lyons
{{short description|Irish Gaelic football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player
| code= Football
| sport = Gaelic football
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| name = Tim Lyons
| irish = Tadhg Ó Liatháin
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| feet = 5
| inches = 11
| nickname = Tiger
| occupation = Company executive
| county = Kerry
| province = Munster
| club = Cordal
Castleislands Desmonds
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| colleges = University College Dublin
| colyears = 1953-1957
| sig = 3
| counties = Kerry
| icposition = Right corner-back
| icyears = 1956–1963
| icapps(points) = 24 (0-00)
| icprovince = 6
| icallireland = 3
| nfl = 2
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| birth_date = 1935
| birth_place=Cordal, County Kerry, Ireland
| death_date = 10 July 1984 (aged 49)
| death_place=Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
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Timothy Lyons (1935 – 10 July 1984) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Cordal and Castleislands Desmonds and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
Career
Born near Castleisland, County Kerry, Lyons first came to Gaelic football prominence as a schoolboy with St Brendan's College in Killarney when his prowess saw him selected for the Munster Colleges' team in 1952-53. His subsequent studies at University College Dublin resulted in him winning three Sigerson Cup titles, while he also earned inclusion on the Combined Universities team. Lyons first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kerry minor team in 1953, before making his senior debut in 1956.{{cite web|url=https://kerrysportshub.ie/2019/10/31/true-kerry-great-laid-to-rest-in-clonakilty/|title=True Kerry Great laid to rest in Clonakilty|date=31 October 2019|publisher=Kerry Sports Hub|access-date=21 July 2021}} He was a regular on the team for much of the following decade and won his first All-Ireland Championship title in 1959 before claiming a second winners' medal in 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.mainevalleypost.com/2016/01/28/philips-hour-has-come-cordal-club-man-on-kerry-team/|title=Philip's Hour Has Come – Cordal club man on Kerry team|date=28 January 2016|publisher=The Maine Valley Post|access-date=21 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/garry-macmahon-26428954.html|title=Garry MacMahon|date=9 March 2008|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=21 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.killarneytoday.com/jerry-gave-outstanding-service-to-club-and-county/|title=Jerry gave outstanding service to club and county|date=29 December 2020|publisher=Killarney Today|access-date=21 July 2021}} Lyons also won six Munster Championship titles and was involved in two National League title-winning teams.
Personal life and death
Lyons qualified from University College Dublin with a B.Sc.(Ag.) and began his professional career as permanent instructor at Pallaskenry Agricultural College. He later worked with Kerry county committee of agriculture as an adviser for 15 years before taking up the position of Head of Agriculture with Kerry Co-Op in 1973. Lyons died aged 49 at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee on 10 July 1984.
Career statistics
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Munster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="9"|Kerry
|1955–56 |rowspan="9"|Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 1956–57 | 5 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0-00 | |
| 1957–58 | 3 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
| 1958–59 | 7 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-00 |
| 1959–60 | 6 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 |
| 1960–61 | 6 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-00 |
| 1961–62 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
| 1962–63 | 4 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 |
| 1963-64 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!34 | 0-00 | 15 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | 58 | 0-00 |
Honours
;University College Dublin
- Sigerson Cup: 1954, 1956, 1957
;Castleisland Desmonds
- Kerry Minor Football Championship: 1952
;Kerry
References
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Category:Castleisland Gaelic footballers
Category:UCD Gaelic footballers