Jerry Shelly


Jeremiah Shelly was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His All-Ireland [Senior Football Championship|championship] career at senior level with the Tipperary [county football team|Tipperary county team] spanned ten years from 1914 to 1924.
Shelly made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he was selected for the Tipperary junior team in 1911. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the junior team, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland [Junior Football Championship|All-Ireland] medal in 1912. Shelly subsequently joined the Tipperary senior team, making his debut during the All-Ireland [Senior">All-Ireland Junior Football Championship">All-Ireland [Senior Football Championship|1914 championship]. The highlight of his inter-county career came in 1920 when he won an All-Ireland medal as captain of the team. Shelly also won two Munster medals.

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;Tipperary