Eoin Liston

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Personal information
Eoin Liston
Sport	Gaelic football
Full name	Eoin Liston
Place of birth	Ballybunion , County Kerry
Nickname(s)	Bomber
Club information
Club	Beale
Position	Forward
Inter-County
County	Kerry
Position	Forward
Inter-County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Kerry	1978-1993
Senior Inter-County Titles
Munster Titles	8
All-Ireland	7
All Stars	4
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Eoin 'Bomber' Liston (born 1957) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer. He is regarded as one of Kerry's greatest-ever full-forwards.

[edit] Playing Career

Nicknamed "the Bomber", the tall, bearded full-forward played for the Kerry County football team in the late 1970s and 1980s and terrorised defences with his attacking style and eye for goal. He shared the position with Mikey Sheehy, another very talented footballer. He played football with his local club Beale, County Championship with Shannon Rangers and with the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1978 until 1993.

The Bomber won the All-Ireland U21 Football Championship with Kerry in 1977. He has seven Munster Championship medals and won two National Football League Division One titles with Kerry in 1982 and 1984. The number 14 won seven All-Ireland senior football medals and four GAA All Stars Awards. His all-Ireland winning years are 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 add 1986.He is remembered for his three goals against arch-rivals Dublin in the 1978 final.

[edit] Post-Retirement

After his playing days were over, Liston entered club management with success. At one stage, he had emerged as the favourite to become the next Kerry Senior Football manager.[1] He later ruled out that possibility.[2]. He also served as a selector under Sean Boylan for the Irish compromise rules football team in 2006. [3]

He now lives in the village of Churchill, located outside Tralee, and is renowned for singing "Raglan Road", a traditional Irish folk song. Recently he has been largely involved with charities close to his heart.