Tom Nallen

'''Tom Nallen''' is an Irish former [[Gaelic football]]er who was captain of the [[Crossmolina Deel Rovers]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 March 2011 |title=All-Ireland Club Football |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-club-football/26713615.html |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Sean |date=10 October 2006 |title=Familiarity bred contempt |url=https://www.mayonews.ie/news/sport/1107758/familiarity-bred-contempt.html |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=Mayo Live}}</ref> as well as the [[Mayo county football team|Mayo county team]]. Playing as a full-back, Nallen was known as "The Riddler".<ref name="2001-team">{{cite news|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/news/home/1144291/the-2001-mayo-team-where-are-they-now.html|title=The 2001 Mayo team: where are they now?|first=Mike|last=Finnerty|date=20 April 2010}}</ref> His brother [[James Nallen|James]] and their uncle [[John Nallen|John]] also played for Mayo and Crossmolina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/news/home/1122719/crossmolina-legend-john-nallen-passes-away.html|title=Crossmolina legend John Nallen passes away|date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

With Mayo he won the [[2000–01 National Football League (Ireland)|2001 National Football League]] title.<ref name=2001-team/> In the 2001 [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]] Nallen scored a goal in Mayo's game against [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]].<ref name=2001-team/>

As his club's [[Captain (Gaelic games)|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/news/gaa/1697738/preview-mayo-club-ahead-of-all-ireland-intermediate-final.html|title=Crossmolina Deel Rovers face Ballinderry in Croke Park decider this Sunday|first=Oisín|last=McGovern|date=9 January 2025}}</ref> He had earlier captained his club to the 1999 [[Mayo Senior Football Championship]] title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mayogaa.com/2024/10/31/1999-mayo-senior-football-final-jubilee-team/|title=1999 Mayo Senior Football Final Jubilee Team|date=31 October 2024}}</ref> As of 2009, he was still playing for his club while based in Dublin, with Allianz.<ref name=2001-team/>

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