John Vincent Lucey (194325 June 1999) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers and Mid Kerry and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
Career
Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Lucey first played Gaelic football with Glenbeigh-Glencar before later joining the Laune Rangers club. He won a County Championship title with divisional side Mid Kerry in 1967. Lucey was a member of the Kerry team that won the Munster Vocational Schools' Championship in 1959 before later winning a Leinster Championship title with the Dublin minor team in 1961. He subsequently declared for his native county and was part of the Kerry under-21 team that won the inaugural All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in 1964. Lucey followed his brothers Noel and Jimmy onto the Kerry senior football team and was at right wing-forward for Kerry's 1965 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway., having earlier won a Munster Championship title.
Personal life and death
Lucey, like his brothers, joined the Irish Air Corps and was stationed in Baldonnel Aerodrome.<He died after a long period of illness at Milford Hospice in Limerick on 25 June 1999.
Career statistics
TeamSeasonNational LeagueMunsterAll-IrelandTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreKerry1962-63Division 100-0021-0200-0021-021963-6410-0000-0000-0010-001964-6540-0521-0620-0081-11Career total50-0542-0820-00112-13
Honours
Mid Kerry Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1967
Dublin Leinster Minor Football Championship: 1961
Kerry Munster Senior Football Championship: 1965 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1964 Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1964
References