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Part of Ó Sé’s own legendary status is that he only conceded one direct point to his opponent in 10 All-Ireland final appearances. Páidí in action against arch Kerry rivals Dublin during the 1984 All Ireland Football Final. Dublin's Joe McNally and Kerry's Sean Walsh and Páidi Ó Sé watch as the ball goes between them. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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Ó Sé won eight senior All-Ireland football medals with Kerry between 1975 and 1986. Here he drives forward during the 1985 All Ireland Football Semi-Final against Monaghan. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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Páidí Ó Sé addresses Kerry supporters after receiving the Sam Maguire on beating Dublin in the 1985 All Ireland final. He made 53 championship appearances, and completed a rare double of also managing his native Kerry to senior All-Ireland titles, in 1997 and 2000. Photograph: Inpho/Billy Stickland
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He also won 11 Munster football titles, four National League titles, four Railway Cups, five All Stars, and two county senior championships. In this photograph, Páidí celebrates the 1985 All Ireland win over arch rivals Dublin. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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As manager also won six Munster titles with Kerry, and a National League, plus two Munster under-21 Championship victories. In this photograph, as Kerry captain, Páidí Ó Sé lifts the coveted Sam Maguire trophy in 1985. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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As Westmeath manager Paidi brought glory to the county with a famous win over Dublin in the 2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
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President Michael D Higgins said: “Páidi Ó Sé had a reputation that went far beyond his great achievements in sport and far beyond the boundaries of his own beloved country." Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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Old friends: Páidí made his senior debut in the league in 1974, winning his first senior title, but it was the following year, under newly appointed Kerry manager Mick O’Dwyer (left), that the true legend was born, as Ó Sé won his first senior Munster title, dethroning Cork as provincial champions in the process, before defeating Dublin in the All-Ireland final. As Westmeath manager Páidí came up against his old friend Mick O'Dwyer who managed Laois in the 2004 Leinster Football Championship Final. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho
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Páidí talks to one of his Westmeath players before a match against Offaly in Tullamore in 2005. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
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Ó Sé helped make many a dream come true on the hallowed turf of Croke Park. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
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