Séamus 'Moosey' Scanlon is an Irish Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

er with the Currow

Currow GAA

Currow is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Currow, East Kerry in County Kerry, Ireland.Together with 12 other football clubs they form the East Kerry Division of the GAA county of Kerry.Currow offer Hurling as well, but they do not play above intermediate...

 club, the St. Kieran's divisional team and the Kerry county team

Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...

. He first came on the Kerry senior scene in 2002 under the management of Páidí Ó Sé

Páidí Ó Sé

Páidí Ó Sé is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1987...

. However Scanlon failed to establish himself as a regular until 2007 due to serious competition from William Kirby

William Kirby

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, Eoin Brosnan

Eoin Brosnan

Eoin Brosnan is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the for Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr. Crokes. He is particularly renowned for his goal-scoring ability...

 and Tommy Griffin

Tommy Griffin

Tommy Griffin is an Irish Gaelic football player for Kerry and An Daingean.-Playing career:At Under-21 level, Griffin was on Kerry's 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship winning side. He was soon promoted to the senior panel and has won five...

. Since then he has started regularly in midfield, winning the Munster Senior Football Championship

Munster Senior Football Championship

The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council and are played during the summer months...

 and All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

 with Kerry.
He has won 2 All-Ireland medals in 2007 and 2009. In recognition of his efforts during the 2009 championship, he was awarded with an All-Star. Scanlon is now the senior midfield figure for Kerry since the retirement of the legendary Darragh Ó Sé

Darragh Ó Sé

Darragh Ó Sé is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2009. Ó Sé has made more championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game...

in early 2010.