Joe Young (dual player)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Centre-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
15 November 1933 Donnycarney, Dublin, Irish Free State | ||
| Died |
6 May 2023 (aged 89) Barna, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
St. Vincent's An Chéad Cath | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 1 | 2 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1953–1954 1955–1958 1955–1961 |
Dublin (SH) Galway (SH) Galway (SF) | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Connacht Titles | 6 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 0 | |
| League titles | 0 | 0 | |
Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.
Career
[edit]Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.[1]
Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952.[2] Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Born in Donnycarney, Young enlisted in the Defence Forces as a member of 27 Cadet Class and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1954. He spent his early years with An Chéad Cath in Galway, before later serving in a variety of appointments throughout the Defence Forces.[4]
Young died on 6 May 2023, at the age of 89.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]- St. Vincent's
- Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1954
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1953, 1954
- Dublin
- Galway
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1955
- Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
References
[edit]- ^ "Pen Pictures of the Men Who Will Don the Galway Jerseys". Connacht Tribune. 6 October 1956. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Col Joe Young RIP". ARCO Ireland website. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Galway football mourns All-Ireland winner Joe Young". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Former Galway All-Ireland winner Joe Young dies aged 90". RTÉ News. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.