Martin Heavey
Gaelic football player
Martin Heavey (8 October 1941 – 4 August 2024) was an Irish Gaelic football player, selector and administrator. At club level he played with Rhode and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior team.
Playing career
Heavey first played Gaelic football at club level with Rhode. He was part of the club's senior team that won back-to-back Offaly SFC titles in 1966 and 1967 after respective defeats of Clara and Daingean. Heavey won a third and final Offaly SFC medal following a defeat of Erin Rovers in the 1969 final replay.
Heavey never played at minor, under-21 or junior levels for Offaly, but made his debut for the senior team in a National Football League defeat of Wicklow in October 1967. He was dropped from the team for the following two years, but returned as a regular player in 1970. Heavey won back-to-back All-Ireland SFC medals in 1971 and 1972 following Offaly's breakthrough in the competition. He won a third successive Leinster SFC medal in 1973. Heavey made his last appearance for Offaly in December 1973.
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