John Morley (Garda Síochána officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1942
Place of Birth: Kiltimagh, Connacht, Ireland
Date of Death: 07-Jul-1980
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About John Morley (Garda Síochána officer)
- John Francis Morley (6 October 1942 - 7 July 1980) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and Garda Síochána.
- His championship career with the Mayo senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1961 until 1974.
- Morley is widely regarded as one of Mayo's greatest ever players.Born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Morley was educated locally and later attended St.
- Jarlath's College in Tuam where he first played competitive football.
- Here he won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1960 and 1961.At club level Morley first played at juvenile and underage levels with Kiltimagh before later lining out with a variety of clubs.
- His greatest success was with the Ballaghaderreen club with whom he won a county senior championship medal in 1972.Morley made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Mayo minor team in 1960.
- He enjoyed one championship season with the minor team which ended without success.
- He subsequently joined the Mayo senior team, making his debut during the 1961-62 league.
- Over the course of the next thirteen seasons, Morley enjoyed much success, winning Connacht medals in 1967 and 1969 and a National League medal in 1970.
- He played his last game for Mayo in June 1974. After being chosen on the Connacht inter-provincial team for the first time in 1962, Morley was an automatic choice on the starting fifteen for almost a decade.
- During that time he won Railway Cup medals in 1967 and 1969. Morley, who rose to the rank of detective in the Garda Síochána, was murdered on 7 July 1980 by alleged members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) during a pursuit in the aftermath of a bank robbery near Loughglynn, County Roscommon.
- Morley's colleague, Henry Byrne, was also killed in the pursuit.
- The officers' deaths provoked national outrage.
- Three men were apprehended, convicted and sentenced to death for capital murder.
- Two of the sentences were later reduced to 40 years imprisonment while the third was overturned.
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