Earley to join Hall of Fame

ROSCOMMON football great Dermot Earley, recognised as one of the best players never to win an All-Ireland medal, has been inducted into the MBNA ‘Kick Fada’ Hall of Fame.

He joins two other legends of the game, Peter Nolan, the former Offaly, Leinster and New York star and Kerry’s Donie O’Sullivan, recognised as one the best ‘dead-ball’ kickers in the history of the game.

Earley, who is a Brigadier General in the Army, achieved notoriety early in his career by becoming the first player from Roscommon to play at minor, U21 and senior championship level in the same year.