Mick Mellett
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó Méalóid
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left wing-forward
Born 1945
Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 Martinstown
Club titles
Meath titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1966-1972
 Meath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0

Michael Mellett (born 1945) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for club side Martinstown and at inter-county level with the Meath senior football team.[1] He usually lined out as a left wing-forward.

Career

Mellett first came to sporting prominence as a schoolboy with Trim CBS. At club level, he lined out with Martinstown and won a Meath JFC in 1969 and a Meath IFC as part of a Martinstown-Athboy selection in 1979. Mellett first appeared on the inter-county scene as a dual player at minor level in 1963. He was selected for the Meath junior football team in 1966, while also lining out in both codes in the under-21 grade. Mellett was promoted to the senior team for a challenge game against Leitrim and was a member of the extended panel for the 1966 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. He made the starting fifteen the following year and was at left wing-forward for the defeat of Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final.[2] Mellett's other honours include three Leinster Championship medals.

Personal life

Mellett was born Mícheál Ó Méalóid in Connemara, County Galway. He moved to Ráth Chairn in the Meath Gaeltacht as a 10-year-old boy before settling in Dublin in 1973.[3]

Honours

Martinstown
Meath

References

  1. ↑ "The Men of '67: Mick Mellett". Hogan Stand. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "This date 53 years ago: Fifteen Men Started, Same Fifteen Finished, Fifteen Different Clubs". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mellett recalls the great days". Hogan Stand. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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