Johnny Creedon
Personal information | ||||||
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Irish name | Seán Ó Críodáin | |||||
Sport | Gaelic Football | |||||
Position | Left corner-forward | |||||
Born |
1932 Macroom, County Cork, Ireland | |||||
Died |
29 March 2019 (aged 86) Wilton, Cork, Ireland | |||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||
Occupation | Publican | |||||
Club(s) | ||||||
Years | Club | |||||
Cork titles | 0 | |||||
Inter-county(ies)* | ||||||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | ||||
1954-1957 | Cork | 9 (2-07) | ||||
Inter-county titles | ||||||
Munster titles | 1 | |||||
All-Irelands | 0 | |||||
NFL | 1 | |||||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:40, 12 April 2012. |
John Creedon (1932 – 29 March 2019) was an Irish
Cork senior football team
.
Career
Creedon first played Gaelic football with Macroom, however, his career coincided with a barren spell for the club in terms of success.[1] He also lined out with the nearby Clondrohid club.[2]
Creedon first played for
Railway Cup.[6] Creedon's emigration brought a sudden end to his Cork career in 1957, however, he later lined out with the New York
team.
Personal life and death
Creedon initially worked as a cabinet maker before spending 13 years in New York City. After returning in 1970 he ran the Halfway House pub just outside Macroom.[7]
Creedon died at the Cork University Hospital on 29 March 2019, aged 86.[8]
Honours
- Cork
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1956
- 1955-56
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1953
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1953
References
- ^ "Club Titles - Cork". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "History and honours". Clondrohid GAA website. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Stockwell's feats span the decades". Irish Independent. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Johnny has happy memories with Cork and Macroom". Evening Echo. 5 July 1982. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "The death has occurred of Johnny Creedon". rip.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2019.