Din Connors
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Donncha Ó Conchubhair | |||||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | |||||
| Position | Left corner-back | |||||
| Born |
7 January 1917 Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
| Died |
29 February 2004 (aged 87) Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||
| Nickname | Din | |||||
| Club(s) | ||||||
| Years | Club | |||||
|
Cork titles | 1 | |||||
| Inter-county(ies)* | ||||||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1941-1948 1949-1952 |
Cork New York | 13 (0-01) | ||||
| Inter-county titles | ||||||
| Munster titles | 2 | |||||
| All-Irelands | 1 | |||||
| NFL | 1 | |||||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:01, 12 April 2012. | ||||||
Denis O'Connor (7 January 1917[1] - 29 February 2004), known as Din Connors, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Dromtarriffe and Millstreet and at inter-county level with the Cork and New York senior football teams.[2]
Career
Connors first came to prominence as a
final.[3][4][5] Connors played his last game for Cork in 1948, however, his emigration to the United States saw him line out with the New York senior team. He won a National League title after a defeat of Cavan in 1950.[citation needed
]
Death
Connors died in Braintree, Massachusetts on 29 February 2004.[6]
Honours
- Millstreet
- Cork Senior Football Championship: 1948
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1945
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1943, 1945
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1940
- New York
- 1949-50
References
- ^ "Denis O'Connor". Irish Genealogy. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Reeling in the years on a decade of life in Millstreet". independent.ie. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Denis O'Connor". The Boston Globe. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2021.