Andy Mallon

Andy Mallon
Personal information
Irish name	Aindriu Ó Mealláin
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left Corner Back
Born	Armagh, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2001-	Pearse Óg
Club titles
Armagh titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2003-	Armagh
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	4
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1
All Stars	1

Andy Mallon (Irish Aindriu Ó Maoileoin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Armagh. He plays club football for Pearse Óg.

Playing career

Inter-county

Mallon made his Armagh Senior debut in a 2003 National League game against Donegal.^[1] In 2004 he won the Ulster Senior Football Championship with the county.^[1]

In 2005 Mallon helped Armagh win the National League – with Mallon playing an excellent game in the final against Wexford.^[2] That year Armagh also defended the Ulster Championship. Mallon was awarded an All Star for his performances that season.

2006 saw Mallon earn a third Ulster Championship medal with Armagh. He won the Ulster Championship for a fourth time in 2008.

Club

Mallon has reached the Armagh Senior Football Championship final on a number of occasions with Pearse Óg, but they have been beaten by Crossmaglen each time. That is until this year, 2009, when Pearse Óg beat Armagh Harps in the final 0.4 v 0.8. They went on to play St Gall's of Belfast in the Ulster Championship.

Honours

County

Ulster Senior Football Championship (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
National Football League, Division 1 (1): 2005
National Football League, Division 2 (1): 2010
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2004
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2004

Club

Armagh Senior Football Championship (1): 2009

Individual

All-Star (1): 2005
Irish News Ulster All-Star (1): 2005

References

1 2 "Profile of Andy Mallon". Stand. March 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
↑ "Wait is over for Armagh". Newry Democrat. 4 May 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2009.

External links

Hogan Stand profile (March 2005)

Armagh Football Squads

Armagh – 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Hearty 2 F. Bellew 3 E. McNulty 4 A. Mallon 5 A. O'Rourke 6 K. McGeeney 7 A. McCann 8 P. Loughran 9 P. McGrane 10 R. Clarke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 D. Marsden 15 T. McEntee Subs used P. McKeever for D. Marsden K. Hughes for A. Mallon D. Marsden for A. Mallon B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee Manager J. Kernan

Armagh – 2004 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (1st title)

1 G. Wilson 2 G. Smyth 3 F. Moriarty 4 A. Mallon 5 A. Kernan 6 C. McKeever 7 B. McDonald 8 M. Mackin 9 G. Swift 10 G. Loughran 11 S. Kernan 12 P. Toal 13 M. McNamee 14 R. Austin 15 B. Mallon

Armagh – 2005 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 P. Hearty 2 A. Mallon 3 F. Bellew 4 P. McCormack 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 C. McKeever 8 J. Toal 9 P. McGrane 10 M. O'Rourke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 B. Mallon Subs used P. McKeever A. McCann J. McNulty P. Loughran A. O'Rourke Manager J. Kernan

Awards

2005 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 P. Hearty 2 R. McMenamin 3 K. McCloy 4 A. Mallon 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. Jordan 8 S. Cavanagh 9 P. McGrane 10 B. Dooher 11 T. Freeman 12 S. O'Neill 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 P. Bradley

2005 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 D. Murphy 2 R. McMenamin 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. Mallon 5 T. Ó Sé 6 C. Gormley 7 P. Jordan 8 S. Cavanagh 9 P. McGrane 10 B. Dooher 11 P. Canavan 12 E. Mulligan 13 C. Cooper 14 S. O'Neill^FOTY 15 S. McDonnell

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