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{{Short description|Derry Gaelic footballer}}
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| name            = Enda Gormley
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| inches          = 10
| occupation      = Businessman
| sport           = Gaelic football
| code            = Football
| county          = Derry
| province        = Ulster
| clposition      = Forward
| club            = [[Bredagh GAC|Bredagh]]
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| clubs           = [[Glen GAC|Glen]]<br />[[Bredagh GAC|Bredagh]]
| counties        = [[Derry county football team|Derry]]
| icposition      = Forward
| icyears         = 1985–2000
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| icprovince      = 3
| icallireland    = 1
| nfl             = 3
| allstars        = 2
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| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|3|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[County Londonderry]], [[Northern Ireland]]
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'''Enda Gormley''' (born 8 March 1966) is a [[Gaelic football]]er who played for the [[Derry county football team|Derry county team]] in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He played club football with [[Maghera]] club [[Glen GAC|Glen]], and currently{{when|date=June 2023}} plays with [[Belfast]] club [[Bredagh GAC|Bredagh]].<ref name="bbc"/>

Gormley was part of Derry's [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993|1993 All-Ireland Championship]] winning side and is one of the county's highest ever scorers. Enda Gormley is one of only six Derry players who have won two [[GAA All Stars Awards|All Stars]]. He was named at [[Gaelic football and Hurling positions#Left corner forward|Left corner forward]] on the 1992 and 1993 All Star teams.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.terracetalkireland.com/articles/all-stars.htm|title= GAA All Stars Down Through The Years|access-date= 2007-08-23|url-status= usurped|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070811221057/http://www.terracetalkireland.com/articles/all-stars.htm|archive-date= 2007-08-11}}</ref> He is an expert free-taker.<ref>{{cite news |title=No great secret to the art of taking frees |work=Gaelic Life |page=12 |date=4 July 2008 }}</ref>

Gormley has had to overcome two serious [[knee]] injuries in his career.<ref name="hogan"/> He developed [[cruciate ligament]] trouble after suffering an injury against [[Fermanagh county football team|Fermanagh]] in 1989 and had blood poisoning in his leg in late 1991.

==Personal life==
Enda Gormley was born in [[Maghera]], [[County Londonderry]], [[Northern Ireland]], and is one of four sons born to Joe and Bridie Gormley. His father Joe was part of the [[Desertmartin GAC|Desertmartin]] side which won the 1953 [[Derry Senior Football Championship]],<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 1993 |title=GAA immortals – Patsy Breen |journal=[[Hogan Stand]] |url=http://hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=88766 |access-date=15 September 2009 }}</ref> the club's first and so far only Derry Senior Championship title. Enda attended school at [[St Patricks College, Maghera]], before going onto college at [[University of Ulster|University of Ulster at Jordanstown]] (UUJ). He commentates on football matches for [[BBC]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/other_sport_bbc_gaa_team/html/8.stm |title=BBC GAA team |access-date=2008-05-18 |work=[[BBC Online]] }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2020|reason=This leads to Thomas Niblock. None of the other seven listed alongside Niblock in the photo gallery confirm Gormley's involvement so a better source is required.}}

==School and college football==
While at school [[St Patrick's College, Maghera|St Pat's, Maghera]], Gormely won a [[MacRory Cup]] medal.<ref name="hogan"/> He was also on two [[Sigerson Cup]] winning sides (1986 and 1987) with [[UUJ|Jordanstown]] and two victorious [[Ryan Cup]] teams (1987 and 1988).<ref name="hogan"/> He was also top scorer in 1986 and 1987 Sigerson finals with 0-05 and 0-03 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigerson2007.com/roll.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824002904/http://www.sigerson2007.com/roll.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-24 |title=Sigerson Cup Roll of Honour – Top Scorers |access-date=2008-01-08 }}</ref>

==Inter-county career==
Gormley first made his inter-county mark as a member of the Derry [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#M|minor]] team that claimed the 1984 [[Ulster Minor Football Championship|Ulster Minor Championship]].<ref name="hogan"/>

He made his Derry [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#S|senior]] debut in 1985 against [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] in the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]].<ref name="hogan">{{cite web |url= http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=71452|title= Derry Destroyer – Enda Gormley is gunning for Tyrone|access-date=2007-08-23 }}</ref> Having won [[Ulster Senior Football Championship|Ulster Football Championships]] in 1987, and 1993, he went on to play left corner forward on Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team, which beat [[Cork GAA|Cork]] in the final.{{fact|date=March 2020}}

He won three [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] medals with Derry in 1992, 1995, 1996. He started left corner forward on all three of those sides.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=122|title= Football Roll Of Honour|access-date=2007-08-23}}</ref>

Gormley also won [[Interprovincial Championship|Interprovincial Championship/Railway Cup]] medals with [[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]. He was top scorer in the Ulster Championship in 1987 with a total score of 0–20 and again in 1992 with 0–25.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/northern_ireland/the_championship/6745037.stm|title= Ulster's hot-shots|access-date=2007-08-23| work=BBC News | date=2007-06-12}}</ref> He won a third Ulster medal in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title=Derry grab spoils in dire tie |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/07/20/shead.htm |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date=1998-07-20 |access-date=2008-09-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309174427/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/07/20/shead.htm |archive-date=2008-03-09 }}</ref>

He stills plays on occasion for the Derry Over 40 team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kilreagac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2 |title=Pearses Defeat Derry!! |access-date=2007-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070731175838/http://www.kilreagac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2 |archive-date=2007-07-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Club career==
Gormley was part of [[Glen GAC|Glen]]'s 1983 [[Derry Intermediate Football Championship]] winning team.<ref name="glen_history">{{cite web |url=http://www.wattygrahamsgac.com/History.aspx |title=A history of the Watty Graham Club by Eamonn Higgins |access-date=2008-09-23 |work=Official Glen GAC website }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wattygrahamsgac.com/imagefetch.ashx?size=2&ImageID=38 |title=Picture of 1983 Derry Intermediate Championship winning panel |access-date=2008-09-23 |work=Official Glen GAC website |archive-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929185207/http://www.wattygrahamsgac.com/imagefetch.ashx?size=2&ImageID=38 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also won a Derry Senior League medal with the club in 1987.<ref name="glen_history"/> He won a [[Derry Junior Football Championship]]s in 2005 with Glen Thirds.

Gormley was in the [[United States]] for a short period the 1980s and while there played with St. Columbkille's GFC, Boston. He along with fellow Glen man [[Damien McCusker]] helped the club win a [[Boston Senior Football Championship]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostongaa.com/History.htm |title=A Brief History of "The Killes" |access-date=2008-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708030223/http://www.bostongaa.com/History.htm |archive-date=8 July 2007 }}</ref> Recently he moved club to [[Bredagh GAC|Bredagh]], as he lives in Belfast. As a 42-year-old, 23 years after first playing senior football for Derry, he is still playing.{{fact|date=March 2020}}

Gormley is known for being a committed clubman and even travels from his home in Belfast to help train the Glen Under-14 team.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kieran |last=Shannon |title=Local rivalry that led to greatness |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_scope=Tribune%2FSport%2FGAA&id=88812&SUBCAT=Tribune%2FSport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073057/http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_scope=Tribune%2FSport%2FGAA&id=88812&SUBCAT=Tribune%2FSport |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |work=Sunday Tribune |date=2008-06-02 |access-date=2008-06-02 }} </ref>

==Honours==
===County===
* 3 [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] 1987 1993 1998
* 3 [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 1]] 1992 1995 1996
* 1 [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] 1993
* 1 [[Ulster Minor Football Championship]] 1984

===Awards===
* 2 [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards]] 1992 1993

===School/College===
* 2 [[Sigerson Cup]] 1986 1987 
* 2 Ryan Cup 1987 1988
* 2 [[MacRory Cup]] 1983 1984

===Club===
* Derry Senior Football League – Winner (1): 1987
* [[Derry Intermediate Football Championship]] – Winner (1): 1983
* Derry Junior Football Championship – Winner (2): 2004, 2005
* Down Junior Football Championship – Winner (1) 2006
* [[Boston Senior Football Championship]] – Winner (1): 1986

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=58661 ''Hogan Stand'' article on Gormley by Kevin Carney]
*[http://uujgaelic.servasport.com/html/club/index.jsp?c=1752 UUJ GAA website]
*[https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/52911899 My Greatest Game: 1993 All-Ireland winning Derry hero Enda Gormley]

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