Brian Tuohy

'''Brian Tuohy''' (born 1962) is a retired Gaelic footballer who played with and captained [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=De La Salle's 'Band of Brothers' recalled on 40th anniversary of All Ireland Colleges victory|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/news/537312/de-la-salle-s-band-of-brothers-recalled-on-40th-anniversary-of-all-ireland-colleges-victory.html}}</ref> A native of [[Ballyshannon]], Tuohy captained Donegal to an All-Ireland Under-21 Title in 1982, was involved when Donegal won [[Ulster Senior Football Championship|Ulster Senior]] titles in 1983 and 1990, and was centre-back in 1988 when Donegal won promotion to Division 1 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League]] for the first time. During this time, Tuohy captained Donegal to a famous [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League]] win over [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] in Tralee in November 1988. He suffered several serious injuries, including a [[hamstring]] tear in 1984 followed by his pelvis then another hamstring tear in early 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donegal's All-Ireland winning captain retires from An Garda Síochána|url= https://www.donegallive.ie/news/sport/712074/donegal-s-all-ireland-winning-captain-retires-from-an-garda-siochana.html}}</ref> In 1987, Tuohy captained Aodh Ruadh to their ninth Donegal Senior Football Championship.<ref>https://www.aodhruadh.org/history/one_hundred_years</ref> Having just retired, Tuohy missed out on a medal when Donegal won the [[1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/mighty-ruadh-just-another-dish-on-a-bigger-menu-1.551726}}</ref> (On Tuohy's departure, future Donegal manager [[Jim McGuinness]] joined the county panel). Tuohy later played inter-county football with [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]]. He captained Sligo in a [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]] match against [[London GAA|London]] at Ruislip in 1993.

Alongside [[Sylvester Maguire]], Tuohy later enjoyed a successful spell as joint-player-manager of his hometown club, [[Aodh Ruadh CLG|Aodh Ruadh]], in the late 1990s. In 1997, Tuohy and Maguire led Aodh Ruadh to their eleventh [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]. The following year, Aodh Ruadh retained the Dr Maguire Cup, claiming their twelfth [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]] title.

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