FORMER HURLER OF the Year and All-Ireland winner Tony Keady has died aged 53.
Keady was taken seriously ill in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Galway, and subsequently rushed to University Hospital Galway where he was being treated in the intensive care unit. The Galway GAA County Board confirmed to The42 that the former Tribesman passed away last night.
The 53-year-old had been in Croke Park on Sunday to watch the Galway overcome Tipperary in their titanic All-Ireland semi-final.
Keady won two All-Irelands with his county in 1987 and 1988 – the latter being Galway’s last triumph, and a year which also saw Keady named Hurler of the Year. He is one of just three Galway players to win the award, with Joe Cooney preceding him ’87 and Joe Connolly being the first seven years earlier.
The Killimordaly icon was regarded as one of the best centre backs to play the game.
Keady lived in Frenchfort, Oranmore with his wife Margaret and their four children. The former hurler worked as the caretaker in Calansanctius College.
Typical LFC supporter response get over it.
Could be the beginning of the end for Gary, once the press start picking holes in ya then usually the pressure cranks right up from all angles, we all miss him on sky anyway even liverpool fans too
Most Liverpool fans think he was great on sky hopefully we’ll see him back in August
Typical manc. Full of s#@t
Adrian I think your going to be late for school
You know he said he didn’t think management was in his future after taking the job
Perro y pato….take a bow whoever came up with that one
Hilarious. Side splittingly hilarious.