Club Medal Winners
Club Titles Won:
East Kerry Senior League Titles in the years 1933, 36, 43, 44, 47, 50 and 53.
Senior Championship for the O'Donoghue Cup, first winners in 1954 and retained in 1955 and also won in 1967 and 1976.
Senior East Kerry Champions 1954
Front L to R: Denis O'Brien, John Trant, Danno Keeffe, Mickey Culloty, Donie Murphy, John L. Sullivan, Johnny Culloty, Mickey O'Sullivan, Raymond Coffey.
Back L to R: Pat O'Meara, Jackie Lyne, Paddy Culligan, Timmy Horgan, Vin Moran, Brendan Carroll, Larry Sullivan, Seamus Murphy, Johnny Doody, Jack O'Brien, Freddie Murphy
 The Victorious 1955 Team
Front (L to R): Ned O'Brien, John Trant, Mickie O'Sullivan, Tommy Cooper, Danno Keeffe (Capt.), Johnny Culloty, Mickie Culloty, Larry Sullivan, Johnny Doody.
Back (L to R): Timmy Horgan, Paddy Griffin, Misey Sullivan, Jackie Lyne, Jimmy Redpath, Vin Mran, Seamus Murphy, Sean O'Sullivan, John L. O'Sullivan, John Joe Sheehan, Freddie Murphy, Paddy Culligan, Pat O'Meara
East Kerry Junior League Titles in 1932, 34, 46, 54, 74 and 76.
In 1945 our Senior team played a draw in the County Final v Shannon Rangers.
Score Legion 1-06 Rangers 2-03.
The replay turned out to be an anti-climax for the Legion losing on a score of Rangers 1-07 Legion 0-05. This was the year Legion “had arrived and in doing so thrilled thousands”.
The following year 1946 all the pieces fell into place. In the county final, Legion defeated John Mitchell’s Tralee on a score of Legion 0-07 / Mitchell’s 0-05.
The following was the team:
• T. Cooper
• D. Lyne • J. Fleming • J.Wade
• J. Sheehan • J. Palmer • D. Baily
• J.Murphy • T. Spillane
• J. Lyne • G. O’ Sullivan • M. Baker
• Fr. M. Lyne (Captain) • T. Lyne • T. Hurley
Mr. J. Moriarty Refereed and the game drew a gate of
£203.00.
This meant that the club could nominate the captain of the Kerry team for the following year 1947. The honour went to Denny Lyne of Cleeney.
1993 was to prove a very successful year for the Club.The senior team won their way to the county League (Division One) football final. In the final played in the Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday 14th November.
Legion met old rivals Dr. Crokes. In these years Dr. Crokes had been tremendously successful and were County and All-Ireland Club Champions.
All this success made Dr. Crokes favourites.
Legion who were starved of County success since 1946 were also keen to win. Legion led from the start and the game ended in a welter of excitement as Crokes almost pulled off a 'Houdini' like act taking a one point lead in the 59th minute. Legion showed great character in battling back and were rewarded when John McGillicuddy blasted the ball to the Crokes net. In so doing writing his name into the Club's history books so securing a well merited win for the Legion.
Score: Legion 2-12 Dr.Crokes 2-10
County League Division 1 Champions 1993 celebrate after the match on Sunday, November 14th 1993 at Fitzgerald's Stadium
The men who masterminded this win were:
Sean Counihan, Weeshie Fogarty and Jimmy Reen.
The team who lined out, front L to R:
Jerry Griffin, Tony Fagan, Peter O'Leary (Capt.),
Pat Adams, Diarmuid O'Donoghue, Seanie Culloty,
John McGillicuddy.
Back L to R: Willie O'Sullivan, Ger McGillicuddy,
John Bowler, Donal Culloty, John Keane, Kevin Murphy, John Culloty, Denis Doody.
On the day Legion had to line out without the services of full back Denis O'Mahony and wing forward Cathal O'Grady because of injury.
Faces in the crowd at the County League Division 1 final in 1993
The following year 1994 the club were again to win a County competition for the first time. This was the County Club title. In the final which was delayed until Saturday March 18th 1995. Legion played Waterville in Austin Stack Park Tralee. Legion knew they had to win to secure their place in the hat for that years Senior County Championships. Lose and they would have to
amalgamate with others. Win they did but not without being made battle all the ways by a brave Waterville outfit.
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