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21Apr

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Tom Mulholland, Gaelic footballer

Tom Mulholland ‑ a Gaelic footballer who played senior football for Kilkerley Emmets, Louth and Leinster – died from Covid-19 on 20 April 2020. He was also honorary president of the Kilkerley Emmets club. Mulholland lived in the village of Kilkerley, near Dundalk, where he was a dairy farmer. He had six sisters and one brother. He was married in 1968 and had eight children. Some of his children played football and camogie at various levels. Mulholland pursued his involvement in athletics until he was in his seventies. After an outbreak of COVID-19 at Dealgan House Nursing Home (where he resided), Mulholland was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda where he died on 20 April 2020.

8Apr

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Tom Scully, football manager

Thomas Scully –a Gaelic football manager, priest and schoolteacher – died on 7 April 2020 due to Covid-19. He managed the Offaly county team, where he was pivotal in establishing them as a rising side in the sport. Scully was a native of Aharney in Tullamore. He had two brothers and six sisters: Ned, Michael, Nance (Hanlon), Mary (Garry), Rose (Cleary), Margaret (Henry), Lily (MacDonald) and Emily (Hanlon). All bar Emily predeceased him. During the 1960s, Scully trained the Belcamp College boarding school team in Dublin to three Leinster Schools' Football Championships. He led Offaly to the final of the 1968–69 National Football League (their first), the Leinster Senior Football Championship title (their third) and then to ...

5Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Tom Dempsey, footballer

Thomas John Dempsey ‑ an American professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills – succumbed to Covid-19 on April 4, 2020. Unlike the "soccer style" approach which was becoming more and more widely used during his career, Dempsey's kicking style was the then-standard straight-toe style. With the Saints in 1970, he made a 63-yard field goal, setting an NFL record which stood for over 40 years. Dempsey was born in Milwaukee and attended high school and college in Southern California. He attended high school at San Dieguito High School and played college football at Palomar College. He was born with no toes on his right f...