Tom Nallen


Tom Nallen is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who was captain of the Crossmolina [Deel Rovers], as well as the Mayo county [football team|Mayo county team]. Playing as a full-back, Nallen was known as "The Riddler". His brother James and their uncle John also played for Mayo and Crossmolina.
With Mayo he won the 2000–01 [National Football League (Ireland)|2001 National Football League] title. In the 2001 Connacht [Senior Football Championship] Nallen scored a goal in Mayo's game against Sligo.
As his club's captain, Nallen was the first person from a Mayo GAA team to raise the Andy Merrigan Cup after Crossmolina's victory in the 2000–01 [All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship] final. He had earlier captained his club to the 1999 Mayo Senior Football Championship title. As of 2009, he was still playing for his club while based in Dublin, with Allianz.