Andy Whelan was a footballer from County Laois.
He was a native of the Kildare border village of Jamestown, near Ballybrittas.
He played as goalkeeper when Laois won the Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Kildare in 1946."Leinster Senior Football Finalists". Leinster GAA (2000). Retrieved on 26 February 2019.
Laois didn't win the Leinster Senior Football Championship again until 2003 when Mick O'Dwyer led them to victory and another Ballybrittas native, Fergal Byron was goalkeeper.
References
Further reading Laois GAA Yearbook Leinster Express, 1999 Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000 Tom Ryall, 2000 Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Raymond Smith, 1999