1. Eoin as a young lad from Mullinahone in the early days with Tipp seniors back in 2001
2. Underage days had brought All-Ireland defeats like the 1999 minor final
3. Lining up alongside Declan Ryan and Lar Corbett for the 2001 season
4. Celebrating Liam MacCarthy Cup glory with victory over Galway in 2001
5. Captaining Limerick IT to the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2005
6. At club level Kelly helped Mullinahone win the 2002 Tipperary senior hurling crown
7. There were six Allstar awards in total for Kelly during his career
In 2002 with Sean McCague
In 2005 with Sean Kelly
In 2010 with Brendan Maher, Paul Curran, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath and Brendan Cummins
8. Those Allstar wins meant plenty trips abroad
9. He helped out the All-Ireland winning Tipperary minors as a water boy in 2006
10. There was some tough defeats to take against Kilkenny
11. Like everyone else in Ireland, he cheered on Katie Taylor in 2012
12. As a scoring machine for Tipperary, he had plenty cause to celebrate
13. Kelly had plenty battles down through the years
14. As Tipperary captain he got to lift plenty silverware
15. His crowning glory came when he captained Tipperary to the 2010 All-Ireland title
16. A stellar career ended in defeat and meeting Henry on his final outing with Tipperary
Always loved his ‘over the shoulder’ points
To be fair comparing Kelly to Sean Og is a bit silly. Sean og was good , but Kelly was an absolute genius . He was worth the entry fee alone when tipp were average at best. He won games himself eg 14points v lim 06, or 2-9 v waterford 06. He will be remembered as an all time great. I’m pretty sure Tipp will not produce a forward of his class for a long time
He got a fair bit more coverage then Sean og got for his retirement