Tom Prendergast is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 with his local club Keel and was a member of the Kerry

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...

 senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. He won the Texaco Footballer of the Year

Texaco Footballer of the Year

The Texaco Footballer of the Year is a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honours the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence...

 in 1970.

At club level with Keel he won a Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

This is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....

, Kerry Junior Football Championship

Kerry Junior Football Championship

The Kerry junior championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played in County Kerry, Ireland by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to Kerry GAA. It is a grade below Kerry Intermediate Football Championship and the winners move up to that grade the year after winning it...

 and a number of Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship

Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship

The Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for GAA clubs affiliated to the Mid Kerry Division of Kerry.-Roll of honour:-See also:*South Kerry Senior Football Championship*East Kerry Senior Football Championship...

, he also won a Kerry Senior Football Championship with Med Kerry.He also played hurling with the Killarney

Killarney GAA

GAA Killarney are a former Football and Hurling Divisional Team in County Kerry, Ireland and composed of players from the Dr Crokes and Legion clubs...

club and won a County Hurling Championship medal in 1969.