Galway football legend Sean Purcell died last night.
He was widely regarded as one of Gaelic Football's greatest ever centre-half forwards and was elected in that position on the GAA/An Post 'Team of the Millennium' and the 'Team of the Century'.
He won an All-Ireland Colleges medal with St Jarlath's, Tuam in 1947, and in his career with the Tuam Stars Club, he won ten County Senior Football Championship titles. He won an All-Ireland Senior Football medal with Galway and three Railway Cup medals with Connacht, in 1951, 1957 and in 1958, when he was Captain.
Recently the Late Sean Purcell was the recipient of an honorary degree at a ceremony at NUI Galway.
