Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer)

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| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Willie Casey

| irish = Liam Ó Cathasaigh

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| birth_date = 1932

| death_date= 3 December 2016 (aged 83)

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| county = Mayo

| province = Connacht

| club = Ballina Stephenites

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| clcounty = 2

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| counties = Mayo

| icposition = Left corner-back

| icyears = 1951–1964

| icapps(points) = 18 (0–03)

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| icallireland = 1

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| birth_place=Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

| death_place = Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

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William Casey (1932 – 3 December 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1951 to 1964.{{cite web | url=http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=263914| title=Death of Mayo great Willie Casey | publisher=Hogan Stand|work=| year=| accessdate=5 December 2016|date=5 December 2016}}

Casey first came to prominence on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he was a key member of the Mayo junior team. He won an All-Ireland medal in 1951 before being promoted to the senior grade the following year. Casey made his debut during the 1951-52 league. Over the course of the next thirteen seasons he became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Connacht medal and one National Football League medal as a member of the extended panel. He played his last game for Mayo in July 1964.