C. J. Molloy

C. J. Molloy (born 1989) is an American sportsperson. As a Gaelic footballer he has played for New York in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Early life and education Son of Connie Molloy, a manager of and former player with the New York team, As a boy he spent summers in Donegal, Galway and Tralee.

Molloy received a basketball scholarship from Union College located three and a half hours away. However, he returned to the Bronx three times each week for football training. He ultimately gave up basketball after a few months to concentrate on his football.

Playing career Molloy played for New York teams in the All-Ireland Feile Under-14 competitions in 2002 in Carlow and in 2003 in Galway. He was sent off in 2013 as New York exited the Championship against Leitrim, who were returning to the Bronx for the first time since then.

He played in the 2012 All Stars match and scored a goal.

Molloy flew to Donegal. He participated with the Donegal county team from his arrival in mid-February 2014, but parted from them in 2015 struggling with injuries.

When Molloy moved to Ireland, he went to play for his uncle's club, Ard an Rátha. He had never played for them until this time.

In 2016, Molloy appeared in a Street Gaelic football video — Peil Star 2 — with Dublin players Shane Carthy and Diarmuid Connolly. In the video, Connolly kicks a football across the River Liffey in Dublin.

He scored a contender for goal of the season against reigning Senior Football Champions Glenswilly in 2017, though his team lost the match. Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards.

He was at McCann Fitzgerald between April 2016 and February 2018 when he moved to the Sanne group.