Kevin McElvanna
Armagh Gaelic footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Corner-back | ||
| Born | County Armagh, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Madden Raparees GAC | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2001-2006 | Armagh | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Kevin McElvanna is an Irish Gaelic footballer from the small club of Madden south-west of Armagh city. He played at senior level for the Armagh county team from 2001 to 2006 as a defender.[1]
Football career
McElvanna attended Queen's University Belfast. He won a Sigerson Cup in 2000[2] and received a Full Blue award for his football achievements.[3] He also captained Armagh's U21 team to an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. McElvanna was selected for the Armagh senior panel in 2001. In his six years as a panel member, he won four Ulster Senior Football Championship medals and one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal. Although he wasn't always in the Armagh first team,[4] McElvanna played an important role in games such as the 2004 Ulster semi-final.[5]
References
- ^ BBC SPORT | NORTHERN IRELAND | Kernan rings the changes
- ^ The Official CAO GAA Site Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Down GAA Online – Past Schools and University News May 2003
- ^ McCormack back for Armagh | BreakingNews.ie
- ^ "RTÉ Sport: Orchard men dig deep for victory". Archived from the original on 11 March 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
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Armagh – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)
- 1 B. Tierney
- 2 E. McNulty
- 3 J. McNulty
- 4 F. Bellew
- 5 A. O'Rourke
- 6 K. McGeeney (c)
- 7 A. McCann
- 8 J. Toal
- 9 P. McGrane
- 10 P. McKeever
- 11 J. McEntee
- 12 O. McConville
- 13 S. McDonnell
- 14 R. Clarke
- 15 D. Marsden
- Subs used
- 20 B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee
- 30 T. McEntee for P. McKeever
- Subs not used
- 16 P. Hearty
- 17 K. Hughes
- 18 C. O'Rourke
- 19 P. Loughran
- 21 J. Donalson
- 22 B. Duffy
- 23 G. Reid
- 24 P. McCormack
- 25 S. Maxwell
- 26 P. Duffy
- 27 C. O'Neill
- 28 K. McElvanna
- 29 S. Smith
- Manager
- J. Kernan
- Assistant Manager
- P. Grimley
- Trainer
- J. McCloskey
