Garry Scollard was a footballer and hurler from the Austin Stacks

Austin Stacks

Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. It has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland...

 club in Tralee, County Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

. He was part of the team that won the 1977 All Ireland Club Championship when Stacks

Austin Stack

Austin Stack was an Irish revolutionary and politician.-Early life:Stack was born in Ballymullen, Tralee, County Kerry. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Tralee. At the age of fourteen he left school and became a clerk in a solicitor's office. A gifted Gaelic footballer, he...

 beat Derry

Derry

Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...

 side Ballerin

Ballerin

Ballerin is a small village between Garvagh and Ringsend in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is located within Coleraine Borough Council. It includes Saint Columba's Catholic primary school and Saint Mary's Catholic church.-Name:...

 in the final. He won three County Football Championships in 1973, 1975 and 1976 as well as a Munster Club Championship in 1976. He never managed to win a County Hurling Championship but played in finals in 1968 and 1974. In 1976

All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship 1976

The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship of 1976 was the third staging of Ireland's secondary hurling knock-out competition. Kerry won the championship, beating London 0-15 to 1-10 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.-Participating teams:-Format:...

 he won an All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1974 and 2004 for the so-called 'weaker' hurling teams in Ireland....

 with 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...

 when they beat London

London GAA

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

 in the final, 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...

 went on to the All Ireland quarter-final were they were unlucky to lose out 3-12 to 3-09 to Galway

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

. His career was cut short after a car accident wile traveling home from a postponed League game in County Carlow

County Carlow

County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in 1978. He died in the mid-2000s, but Kerry hurling people have kept his memory alive by running a very successful Munster Under 16 inter-county tournament in his name.