- Joe Salmon
Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling
name = Joe Salmon
irish = Seosamh Ó Bradáin
fullname = Joseph Salmon
placeofbirth =Galway
countryofbirth = Ireland
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county = Galway
province = Connacht
club = Liam Mellows
Glen Rovers
clposition = Midfield
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counties = Galway
icposition = Midfield
icyears = 1949-1964
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icprovince = 0
icallireland = 0
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icupdate = Joe Salmon (born1931 inGalway , Ireland) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He playedhurling at various times with his local clubs Liam Mellows in Galway and Glen Rovers in Cork. Salmon also played with the Galway senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1964. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.Playing career
Club
Salmon played his club
hurling with his local Liam Mellows club and enjoyed some success. He also played with the famous Glen Rovers club in Cork. In all Salmon collected five county championship medals.Inter-county
Salmon first came to prominence with the Galway minor inter-county team in the 1940s. He lined out in the All-Ireland final of
1947 , however, Tipperary were the victors on that occasion.Salmon later joined the Galway senior team, however, Galway hurling was in the doldrums at the time. The fact that the county faced no competition in Connacht meant that the team went straight into the All-Ireland series every single year. This was not a happy hunting ground for the county.
Salmon first tasted success with Galway in
1951 . That year his side reached the finals of theNational Hurling League . Galway defeated Wexford and New York giving Salmon a coveted National League medal.Two years later in
1953 Galway defeated a star-studded Kilkenny team in the penultimate stage of the championship. This victory allowed Salmon's side to advance to the All-Ireland final where Cork provided the opposition. The game itself is remembered as one of the ugliest championship deciders ever and is clouded in controversy due to the injury to the Galway captain,Mick Burke . Galway lost the game by 3-3 to 0-8. After the match at theGresham Hotel inDublin a fight broke out when another Galway player struck Cork'sChristy Ring . The following morning another fight broke out when another member of the Galway panel attempted to hit Ring. The fights, however, ended just as quickly as they had started.Five years later in
1958 Galway were given a bye into the All-Ireland final in an effort to improve the standard of hurling in the county. Tipperray provided the opposition on that occasion.Liam Devaney ,Donie Nealon andLarry Keane all scored goals for Tipp in the first-half, whileTony Wall sent a 70-yard free untouched to the Galway net. Tipp won the game by 4-9 to 2-5.This defeat saw Galway enter the Munster Championship in
1959 . It was not a happy hunting ground for the county. Salmon retired from inter-county hurling in1964 .Provincial
Salmon also lined out with Connacht in the inter-provincial hurling competition, however, he never won a
Railway Cup medal.Teams
References
* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
External links
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx Galway GAA honours]
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