Galvin made the shock announcement last night, calling time on a career that was never dull and saw him win four All-Irelands and the 2009 Footballer of the Year award.
He was the “most honest footballer I ever played with,” former Kerry team-mate Tadhg Kennelly said. “Always played with so much passion and bleeds green and gold.”
Donegal’s Mark McHugh said: “I’d say the amount of young people over this last 10 years [that] have looked up to [Galvin] is immense! A true legend and some footballer.”
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Here are some more of the tributes:
'One of the greatest number 10s to play the game' - the first of the tributes to Paul Galvin
'One of the greatest number 10s to play the game' - the first of the tributes to Paul Galvin
BERNARD BROGAN PAID tribute to “one of the greatest number 10s to play the game” as Kerry legend Paul Galvin retired from inter-county football.
Galvin made the shock announcement last night, calling time on a career that was never dull and saw him win four All-Irelands and the 2009 Footballer of the Year award.
He was the “most honest footballer I ever played with,” former Kerry team-mate Tadhg Kennelly said. “Always played with so much passion and bleeds green and gold.”
Donegal’s Mark McHugh said: “I’d say the amount of young people over this last 10 years [that] have looked up to [Galvin] is immense! A true legend and some footballer.”
Here are some more of the tributes:
Steven McDonnell
Mark McHugh
Bernard Allen
Eamonn O'Hara
Mike Quirke
Tadhg Kennelly
Bernard Brogan
Aaron Kernan
Jason Sherlock
Kerry boss Eamon Fitzmaurice reveals why Paul Galvin has retired
In pics: Kerry legend Paul Galvin’s career in GAA
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Paul Galvin Kerry Time to say goodbye