Texaco Footballer of the Year

The Texaco Footballer of the Year is a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honours the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence. The award is part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields are honoured.

The award is presented annually to the Gaelic footballer considered to have performed the best over the previous year in the Football Championship. Voting for the award is undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media. The award itself, standing 14 inches high, is one of the most coveted, prestigious and sought-after accolades in Irish sport.

This award is distinct from the All Stars Footballer of the Year, awarded by the GAA since 1995, as part of the GAA All-Stars awards.

Recipients

Year	Player	County	Club	Notes
2011	Alan Brogan	Dublin	St Oliver Plunketts	Played half forward, succeeded his brother Bernard who won in 2010
2010	Bernard Brogan	Dublin	St Oliver Plunketts	One of only three winners to win, despite their county not winning that year's All-Ireland.
2009	Tomás Ó Sé	Kerry	An Gaeltacht	Played right-half back
2008	Sean Cavanagh	Tyrone	Moy	Played at full forward
2007	Marc Ó Sé	Kerry	An Ghaeltacht	Corner back
2006	Kieran Donaghy	Kerry	Austin Stacks	Full Forward
2005	Stephen O'Neill	Tyrone	Clan Na Gael	Full Forward
2004	Colm Cooper	Kerry	Dr Crokes	Corner Forward
2003	Peter Canavan	Tyrone	Eirigail Ciaran	Full Forward
2002	Kieran McGeeney	Armagh	Na Fianna	Centre Back
2001	Padraig Joyce	Galway	Kilererin	Full Forward
2000	Séamus Moynihan	Kerry	Glenflesk	Centre Back
1999	Trevor Giles	Meath	Skryne	Centre Forward
1998	Michael Donnellan	Galway	Dunmore	Wing Forward
1997	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	St. Mary's Cahirciveen	Corner Forward
1996	Martin O'Connell	Meath	St. Michaels	Wing Back
1995	Paul Curran	Dublin	Thomas Davis	Wing Back
1994	Mickey Linden	Down	Mayobridge	Corner Forward
1993	Henry Downey	Derry	Lavey GAC	Centre Forward
1992	Martin McHugh	Donegal	Kilcar	Centre Forward
1991	Colm O'Rourke	Meath	Skryne	One of only three winners to win despite their county not winning that year's All-Ireland.
1990	Shea Fahy	Cork	Nemo Rangers
1989	Teddy McCarthy	Cork	Glanmire
1988	Robbie O'Malley	Meath	St Colmcille's
1987	Brian Stafford	Meath	Kilmainhamwood	Full Forward
1986	Pat Spillane	Kerry	Templenoe	Wing Forward, second win.
1985	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	St. Mary's Cahirciveen	Midfield, fourth win.
1984	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	St. Mary's Cahirciveen	Midfield, third win.
1983	Tommy Drumm	Dublin	Whitehall Colmcilles	Centre Back
1982	Martin Furlong	Offaly		Goalkeeper
1981	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	St. Mary's Cahirciveen	Midfield, second win.
1980	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	St. Mary's Cahirciveen	Midfield
1979	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	Austin Stacks	Corner Forward
1978	Pat Spillane	Kerry	Templenoe	Wing Forward
1977	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	St Vincents	Full Forward, second win.
1976	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	St Vincents	Full Forward
1975	John O'Keeffe	Kerry	Austin Stacks	Full Back
1974	Kevin Heffernan	Dublin	St Vincents	The only person to be awarded this award while not a player but a manager.
1973	Billy Morgan	Cork	Nemo Rangers	Goalkeeper
1972	Willie Bryan	Offaly
1971	Eugene Mulligan	Offaly	Rhode
1970	Tom Prendergast	Kerry	Keel
1969	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	Waterville	Wing Forward
1968	Seán O'Neill	Down	Newry Mitchel's
1967	Bertie Cunningham	Meath	Ballivor
1966	Mattie McDonagh	Galway	Ballygar
1965	Martin Newall	Galway	??
1964	Noel Tierney	Galway	??
1963	Lar Foley	Dublin	St Vincents
1962	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	Young Islanders	Midfield
1961	James McCartan (Sr.)	Down	??	Second win.
1960	James McCartan (Sr.)	Down	??
1959	Seán Murphy	Kerry	Camp
1958	Jim McKeever	Derry	Ballymaguigan	Inaugural winner. One of only three winners to win, despite their county not winning that year's All-Ireland.