Vincent Knightley
Gaelic football player
Vincent Knightley is a former Gaelic footballer from Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland. He played with Kerry during the late 80's and 90's.
Club
He played his club football with Annascaul with whom he won County Intermediate Championships in 1987 and 1992 and helped the club to the Kerry Senior Football Championship final in 1993 when Annascaul lost out to Laune Rangers, he did however win a County Under 21 Championship in 1989 and Senior Championship in 1990 with West Kerry
Minor
He joined the Kerry minor team in 1988. Wins over Waterford, Limerick and Cork seen him win a Munster title. Kerry later faced Dublin in the All-Ireland final, a 2-05 to 0-05 win seen Knightly win an All-Ireland medal.
Under 21
He later joined the Under 21 team where he had more success. He first joined the team in 1990 as the side's captain, where he played in all of Kerry's games as a win over Cork in the Munster final. In the final Knightly and co faced Ulster champions Tyrone. Goals proved to be the difference as The Kingdom hit the Ulster men for 5, in a 5-12 to 2-11 win. It gave Knightly an All-Ireland Under 21 title as well as being the team's captain.
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