Vinny Claffey

Gaelic football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGaelic football player
PlacesIreland
isFootball player Athlete Gaelic football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
BirthDoon, County Offaly, Ireland
Sports Teams
Offaly Senior Football Team
The details

Biography

Vinny Claffey is a retired sportsperson from Doon, County Offaly, Ireland. He played Gaelic football with his home club Doon and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1986 until 2003. He is regarded as one of the best corner forwards Offaly has ever produced. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League medal in 1998. During Tommy Lyons reign as Offaly manager, Claffey formed a lethal full forward line along with Peter Brady and Roy Malone. To the surprise of many, he failed to win an All-Star award during what was a glorious era for Offaly football.

Honours

  • Leinster Senior Football Championship (1) 1997
  • National Football League Division 1 1998
  • O'Byrne Cup 1993 1997 1998
  • Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (2) 1986 1988
  • All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1) 1988
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