Eugene_McGee_(Gaelic_football_manager)
Eugene McGee (Gaelic football manager)
Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (1941–2019)
Eugene McGee (16 November 1941 – 5 May 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, manager, trainer, selector, Gaelic games administrator[1] and journalist,[2] who is best known for his time as manager of the Offaly senior football team.[3] McGee guided the Offaly team to success in the 1980, 1981, and 1982 Leinster Senior Football Championship, and to the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title.[4][5][6]
McGee was in charge of Ireland when they toured Australia for the 1990 International Rules Series.[7] He was also in charge for the 1987 International Rules Series and Seán McCague was his assistant manager on both occasions.[8]
In 2004, McGee was intermediary in a dispute between Offaly's International Rules Series player Ciaran McManus and the Offaly County Board when McManus questioned the selection of a new manager.[9][10]
McGee chaired the Football Review Committee (FRC) during Liam O'Neill's GAA presidency that led to adjustments to the game such as the introduction of a black card.[6]
He wrote for the Longford Leader, The Irish Press, The Sunday Press, Sunday Tribune and Irish Independent.[6]
Seán Lowry described him as "a stern man".[6]
McGee was interviewed for the documentary Players of the Faithful, which RTÉ One showed less than six months before his death.[11]