Martin Furlong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martin Furlong

Gaelic football player

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1946

Place of Birth: Tullamore, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: Gaelic football player

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Martin Furlong (born 14 September 1946 in Tullamore, County Offaly) is an Irish former sportsperson.
He played Gaelic football with his local club Tullamore and was the first-choice goalkeeper on the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1966 until 1985.
Furlong is the only Offaly player to have won three All-Ireland medals in 1971, 1972 and 1982.
He also won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1964.
He won the Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1982 after Offaly's All Ireland win.
In 1989 Martin moved from Clonminch, Tullamore to America following the request of him older brother Tom, to assist him in running his bar.
Martin continues to live in New York, two of his sons live in America, one son and his only daughter returned to Ireland. He was interviewed from his American base for the documentary Players of the Faithful.