Vodafone GAA All Stars Football Nominations for 2009...

The nominations for the GAA All Stars in Football for 2009 have been announced.

All-Ireland champions Kerry lead this year's list with 12 All-Star nominations.

Twelve counties are represented in the nominations list, with defeated finalists Cork having the second highest total with 10 nominees, Tyrone third with five and Dublin in fourth with four nominees.

Champions Kerry also have two players - Paul Galvin and Tomas Ó Sé - shortlisted for Footballer of the Year, with Cork's Graham Canty the other nominee. The Young Footballer of the Year will be decided between Donegal's Michael Murphy, Cork's Colm O'Neill and Mayo's Aidan O'Shea.

Only five of last year's All Stars team are nominated - Kerry's Tomas Ó Sé, Declan O'Sullivan and Colm Cooper and Tyrone's Justin McMahon and Davy Harte.

The announcement of the winners will be at the All Stars banquet on Friday, October 16th.

Nominations are:

Goalkeepers

Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
Diarmuid Murphy (Kerry)
Alan Quirke (Cork)

Full Backs

Tommy Griffin (Kerry)
Tom O'Sullivan (Kerry)
Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)
Anthony Lynch (Cork)
Michael Shields (Cork)
Ciarán Hyland (Wicklow)
Karl Lacey (Donegal)
Johnny McCarthy (Limerick)
Justin McMahon (Tyrone)

Half Backs

Graham Canty (Cork)
John Miskella (Cork)
Michael McCarthy (Kerry)
Tomas Ó Sé (Kerry)
Davy Harte (Tyrone)
Ryan McMenamin (Tyrone)
Barry Cahill (Dublin)
Johnny Davey (Sligo)
Andy Moran (Mayo)

Midfield

Dermot Earley (Kildare)
Nicholas Murphy (Cork)
Alan O'Connor (Cork)
Kevin Hughes (Tyrone)
John Galvin (Limerick)
Séamus Scanlon (Kerry)

Half Forwards

Paul Galvin (Kerry)
Tadhg Kennelly (Kerry)
Alan Brogan (Dublin)
Leighton Glynn (Wicklow)
James Kavanagh (Kildare)
Trevor Mortimer (Mayo)
Paddy Kelly (Cork)
Pearse O'Neill (Cork)
Joe Sheridan (Meath)

Full Forwards

Bernard Brogan (Dublin)
Colm Cooper (Kerry)
Declan O'Sullivan (Kerry)
Tommy Walsh (Kerry)
Daniel Goulding (Cork)
Michael Murphy (Donegal)
Michael McCann (Antrim)
Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone)
Alan Smith (Kildare)

Footballer of the Year

Graham Canty (Cork)
Paul Galvin (Kerry)
Tomas Ó Sé (Kerry)

Young Footballer of the Year

Michael Murphy (Donegal)
Colm O'Neill (Cork)
Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)

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