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Dave Creedon Personal information Irish name Daithí Ó Críodáin Sport Dual player Football Position: Goalkeeper Hurling Position: Goalkeeper Born 1 September 1919
Blackpool, Cork, Irish RepublicDied 11 March 2007 (aged 87)Occupation Cooper Club(s) Years Club 1938-1955
1938-1955Glen Rovers
St. Nicholas'Inter-county(ies) Years County Apps (scores) 1940-1955
1953Cork (H)
Cork (F)12 (0-00)
1 (0-00)Inter-county titles Football Hurling Munster Titles 0 3 All-Ireland Titles 0 3 League titles 0 1 Dave Creedon (1 August 1919 - 11 March 2007) was an Irish sportsperson. A dual player at the highest levels, he played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from at various intervals from 1940 until 1955. Creedon also played Gaelic football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in 1953.[1]
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Playing career
Club
Dave Creedon played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers club in Blackpool. He had much success with the club, beginning in 1933 and 1934 when he won back-to-back Cork county minor hurling titles. He quickly joined the club's senior hurling team with whom he won a total of nine county championship titles from the late 1930s until 1954. He was captain of the side in 1941 when the Glen won a record eighth county title in-a-row. Creedon also played football with St. Nicholas', the sister club of the Glen. As a footballer he won county championship medals in 1938, 1941 and 1954. He retired from club activity in 1951, however, he returned the following year. Creedon finished off his club career playing with the Nemo Rangers junior team in the late 1950s.
Inter-county
Creedon played with the Cork minor hurling team in the mid 1940s. He was a member of the senior panel when Cork won the Munster Championship in 1947, however, he had yet to make his own championship debut. He won his first All-Ireland medal when he was sub goalkeeper in the 1946 final. In 1952 Creedon came out of retirement at the age of 33 to becaome the first-choice goalkeeper on the Cork senior hurling team. It proved to be an excellent decision as he won his first Munster title that year before later defeating Dublin to claim his first All-Ireland medal. 1953 began well for Creedon when he won his first National Hurling League title. Later that year he won his second consecutive Munster medal as well as a second consecutive All-Ireland medal following an ill-tempered win over Galway. In 1954 Creedon made it a hat-trick of Munster and All-Ireland medals as a defeat of Wexford gave the team its third All-Ireland title in-a-row. In 1955 Cork were defeated by Clare in the first round of the championship. Creedon subsequently retired from inter-county hurling.
References
- ^ "Cork GAA Profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
Teams
Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1946 (16th title) 1 T. Mulcahy | 2 W. Murphy | 3 C. Murphy | 4 D.J. Buckley | 5 P. O'Donovan | 6 A. Lotty | 7 J. Young | 8 J. Lynch | 9 C. Cottrell | 10 P. Healy | 11 C. Ring (C) | 12 C. Murphy | 13 M. O'Riordan | 14 G. O'Riordan | 15 J. Kelly |
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1940-1949 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Subs not used: D. Creedon | S. O'Brien | J. Lyons | S. Condon | E.J. O'Sullivan |
Trainer: J. Barry
Selectors: J. Leahy | P. Collins | J. Corkery | T. Creedon |Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Runners-up 1947 1 T. Mulcahy | 2 W. Murphy | 3 C. Murphy | 4 D.J. Buckley | 5 P. O'Donovan | 6 A. Lotty | 7 J. Young | 8 J. Lynch | 9 C. Cottrell | 10 S. Condon (Capt.) | 11 C. Ring | 12 C. Murphy | 13 M. O'Riordan | 14 G. O'Riordan | 15 J. Kelly
Subs not used: E.J. O'Sullivan | W.J. Daly | M. Fouhy | D. Creedon | J. Thornhill | J.J. O'Brien |
Trainer: J. Barry |Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1952 (17th title) 1 D. Creedon | 2 G. O'Riordan | 3 J. Lyons | 4 T. O'Shaughnessy | 5 M. Fuohy | 6 V. Twomey | 7 S. O'Brien | 8 J. Twomey | 9 G. Murphy | 10 W. Griffin | 11 W.J. Daly | 12 C. Ring | 13 L. Abernethy | 14 L. Dowling | 15 P. Barry (C) |
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Subs used: J. Lynam for L. Abernethy | M. O'Riordan for W. Griffin |
Subs not used: J. O'Grady | M. Finn | M. O'Connor |
Trainer: J. Barry
Selectors: B. Murphy | P. Collins | J. Barrett | D. Barry-Murphy | S. Óg Murphy |Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1953 (18th title) 1 D. Creedon | 2 G. O'Riordan | 3 J. Lyons | 4 T. O'Shaughnessy | 5 M. Fuohy | 6 D. Hayes | 7 V. Twomey | 8 J. Twomey | 9 G. Murphy | 10 W.J. Daly | 11 J. Hartnett | 12 C. Ring (C) | 13 T. O'Sullivan | 14 L. Dowling | 15 P. Barry |
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Subs not used: J. Lynam | M. O'Connor | M. Cashman | D. O'Leary | J. Clifford | T. Kelly |
Trainer: J. Barry |
Selectors: A. Scannell | P. Collins | J. Barrett | D. Barry-Murphy | S. Óg Murphy |Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1954 (19th title) 1 D. Creedon | 2 G. O'Riordan | 3 J. Lyons | 4 T. O'Shaughnessy | 5 M. Fuohy | 6 V. Twomey | 7 D. Hayes | 8 W. Moore | 9 G. Murphy | 10 W.J. Daly | 11 J. Hartnett | 12 C. Ring (C) | 13 J. Clifford | 14 É. Goulding | 15 P. Barry |
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1950-1959 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Subs used: T. O'Sullivan for P. Barry |
Subs not used: S. O'Brien | D. O'Sullivan | J. Brohan | M. Cashman |
Trainer: J. Barry |
Selectors: A. Scannell | P. Collins | J. Barrett | D. Barry-Murphy | S. Óg Murphy |Categories:- 1919 births
- 2007 deaths
- Glen Rovers hurlers
- Cork hurlers
- Hurling goalkeepers
- St. Nicholas' Gaelic footballers
- Cork Gaelic footballers
- Gaelic football goalkeepers
- Winners of three All-Ireland medals (hurling)
- People from County Cork
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