Sport Gaelic football Ulster titles ? All irelands 1 1981 - 1995 Donegal Positions Utility player | Years County Role Gaelic footballer Years Club Name Matt Gallagher | |
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Matt Gallagher is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. For many years he was Donegal's most capped player until Brian Roper broke his record.
Gallagher played for Donegal from 1981 until 1995. He came down with appendicitis in 1983, causing him to miss Donegal's victory over Cavan in the Ulster final and the All-Ireland semi-final. He was a member of the county's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team, when his performances drew acclaim from many quarters. A utility player often deployed as a defender, he started at full-back in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in which Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0-18 to 0-14. Later that year he won an All Star for his performances in that campaign.
He played his club football for Aodh Ruadh and, later, Naomh Bríd.