Mixie Palmer

Mixie Palmer
Personal information
Irish name	Séamus M. Ó Maolómhair
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left corner-back
Born	1927; Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	21 December 2022 (aged 95); Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname	Mixie
Occupation	Cattle salesman
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Killarney Legion
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1949-1955	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	5
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

James Michael Palmer (1927 - 21 December 2022), known as Mixie Palmer, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Killarney Legion and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.^[1]

Career

Born in Kenmare, County Kerry, Palmer played at club level with Killarney Legion and won a County Championship medal in 1946.^[2] He first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in 1945 before subsequently winning an All-Ireland Junior Championship medal with Kerry in 1949. Palmer's performances in this grade resulted in an immediate call-up to the senior team and he won the first of five Munster Championship medals in 1950. He claimed his first All-Ireland title after a defeat of Armagh in the 1953 All-Ireland final. After defeat by Meath the following year, Palmer collected a second winners' medal after lining out at left corner-back in Kerry's defeat of Dublin in the 1955 All-Ireland final.^[3]

^ "PALMER, James (Mixie) : Death". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ O'Connor, Christy (5 November 2015). "Legion among leading lights in Killarney's Kingdom takeover". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ O'Shea, Gerry (29 August 2019). "GAA: Never ever, rule Kerry out!". Irish Central. Retrieved 3 June 2021.