Galway three-in-a-row great Noel Tierney dies, aged 82

Galway’s Noel Tierney who won Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1964 greeted this year’s winner Galway’s Paul Conroy at a function in Milltown, . Photo: Jacinta Fahy

Famed Galway full-back Noel Tierney has died, aged 82.

From the Milltown club, Tierney won three senior All-Irelands in a row with the great Galway team of 1964-66. Renowned for his high fielding, he was named footballer of the year after the first of those successes.