Frank Evers R.I.P
Is údar mór brón do CLG na Gaillimhe an scéala go bhfuil ár n-iar imreoir Contae Frank Evers imithe ar shlí na firínne.
Galway All-Ireland Football Champions 1956
Team photograph: Front Row: (left to right) Billy O’Neill (An Cead Cath), Jack Mangan (Tuam Stars) captain, Gerry Daly (Ballinasloe), Frank Stockwell (Tuam Stars), Jack Mahon (Dunmore McHales), Jackie Coyle (Ballygar), Sean Keely (Ballinasloe). Back Row: (left to right) Joe Young (An Cead Cath), Jack Kissane (An Cead Cath), Gerry Kirwan (Ballinasloe), Mick Greally (Ballygar), Mattie McDonagh (Ballygar), Tom Dillon (Ahascragh), Frank Eivers (Gardaí) and Sean Purcell (Tuam Stars)
Frank Evers, a native of Menlough, died in Austria on Sunday at the age of 91.
Frank was an accomplished footballer, partnering Mattie McDonagh at midfield in the Galway team that won the 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football final when they defeated Cork.
He also enjoyed success with Westmeath winning a Leinster Minor Football Championship medal with them in 1952 and in the same year he went on to represent the county at senior level in the league.
On behalf of Galway GAA, we express our deepest sympathies to his wife Brigette and the extended Evers family at this sad time.
He will be sadly missed by his family, friends and the whole Galway GAA community.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
