Vinny Claffey is an Irish former sportsman from Doon, County Offaly. He attended St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School in Ferbane.
Claffey played Gaelic football with his home club Doon and was a member of the Offaly senior team from 1986 until 2003. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League medal in 1998. During Tommy Lyons reign as Offaly manager, Claffey formed part of the full-forward line that included Peter Brady and Roy Malone.
In late 2003, Offaly manager Gerry Fahey dropped Claffey from his panel.
Honours Senior Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 1997 National Football League Division 1 (1): 1998 O'Byrne Cup (3): 1993, 1997, 1998
Under-21 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1988 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (2): 1986, 1988
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