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Paddy Cullen
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Cuilinn
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Place of birth	Dublin , Ireland
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
? -?
Inter-County(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1966 - 1979	Dublin
All-Ireland	3
All Stars	4
* club appearances and scores correct as of . ** Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Paddy Cullen is a former inter-county goalkeeper for Dublin. Cullen has won an all-star for Dublin on an amazing four occasions in 1974, 1976, 1977 and in 1979, one less than Dublin goalkeeping legend John O'Leary.

Cullen won his first of three all-Irelands when Dublin defeated Galway by a scoreline of 0-14 to 1-6 in a game in which Cullen saved a penalty. This penalty save that famously ended Galways hopes of winning the all-Ireland is ranked as number 17 in the Top 20 GAA Moments. He won his second all-star in 1976 when Dublin defeated bitter rivals Kerry 3-8 to 0-10 in the final in Croke Park. He won his final all-Ireland in 1977 in a game where he had three goals scored against him, despite this Dublin had a comfortable 5-12 to 3-6 win over Armagh. Cullen is famously renowned for the freak incident in which he conceded a goal against Kerry in the 1978 all-Ireland final. Mikey Sheehy scored a lobbed goal for Kerry while Cullen was busy arguing with the referee. Michael O'Hehir described the incident as "the greatest freak of all time" and the goal was entered into the Top 20 GAA Moments.

Paddy won two national football league medals with Dublin in 1976 against Derry and again in 1978 against Mayo. He also managed Dublin to National Football League success in 1991 and then took Dublin to the famous and epic four game first round saga against Meath which Dublin eventually lost by a point.

Paddy Cullen was inaccurately linked to the X Case. After a period of time, the vicious rumors became so widespread the he had to appear on the Late Late Show to set the record straight. Paddy appeared as a mentor on Celebrity Bainisteoir helping George Hook who was managing Cuala.

[edit] External links

• Official Dublin Website

Preceded by Gerry McCaul

Dublin Senior Football Manager 1991

Succeeded by Pat O'Neill

[edit] Teams

v • d • e Dublin - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1977 (20th title) 1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Driscoll | 3 S. Doherty | 4 R. Kelleher | 5 T. Drumm | 6 K. Moran | 7 P. O'Neill | 8 B. Mullins | 9 B. Brogan | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 T. Hanahoe (c) | 12 D. Hickey | 13 B. Doyle | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. McCarthy | Subs used: P. Reilly for P. O'Neill | A. Larkin for B. Brogan | J. Brogan for R. Kelleher | Manager: T. Hanahoe |

v • d • e Dublin - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1976 (19th title) 1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Driscoll | 3 S. Doherty | 4 R. Kelleher | 5 T. Drumm | 6 K. Moran | 7 P. O'Neill | 8 B. Mullins | 9 B. Brogan | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 T. Hanahoe (c) | 12 D. Hickey | 13 B. Doyle | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. McCarthy | Subs used: F. Ryder for T. Hanahoe | P. Gogarty for B. Doyle | Manager: Kevin Heffernan

v • d • e Dublin Senior Football Team Managers Kevin Heffernan (1974–76) · T. Hanahoe (1976–78) · Kevin Heffernan (1978–85) · B. Mullins-R. Kelleher-S. Doherty (1986) · G. McCaul (1986–90) · P. Cullen (1990–92) · P. O'Neill (1992–95) · M. Whelan (1995–97) · T. Carr (1997–01) · T. Lyons (2001–04) · P. Caffrey (2004–08) · P. Gilroy (2008) ·

v • d • e 1974 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 P. Cullen | 2 D. Monaghan | 3 S. Doherty | 4 R. Kelleher | 5 P. Reilly | 6 B. Murphy | 7 J. Hughes | 8 D. Earley | 9 P. Lynch | 10 T. Naughton | 11 D. Barron | 12 D. Hickey | 13 J. Barry-Murphy | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. Tobin

v • d • e 1976 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Keeffe | 3 J. O'Keeffe | 4 B. Murphy | 5 J. Hughes | 6 K. Moran | 7 G. Power | 8 B. Mullins | 9 D. McCarthy | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 T. Hanahoe | 12 D. Hickey | 13 B. Doyle | 14 M. Sheehy | 15 P. Spillane

v • d • e 1977 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 P. Cullen | 2 G. O'Driscoll | 3 P. Lindsay | 4 R. Kelleher | 5 T. Drumm | 6 P. Moriarty | 7 P. O'Neill | 8 B. Mullins | 9 J. Kernan | 10 A. O'Toole | 11 J. Smith | 12 P. Spillane | 13 B. Doyle | 14 J. Keaveney | 15 J. Egan

v • d • e 1979 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 P. Cullen | 2 E. Hughes | 3 J. O'Keeffe | 4 T. Heneghan | 5 T. Drumm | 6 T. Kennelly | 7 D. Murray | 8 D. Earley | 9 B. Brogan | 10 G. Power | 11 S. Walsh | 12 P. Spillane | 13 M. Sheehy | 14 S. Lowry | 15 J. McGrath