Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Mac Cormaic | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born |
1943 Kilross, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Died |
13 January 2002 (aged 58) Mallow, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Occupation | Dairygold co-op secretary | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Aherlow University College Cork St Finbarr's | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Cork titles | 2 | 2 | |
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
1962-1968 | University College Cork | ||
College titles | |||
Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
Fitzgibbon titles | 4 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1965-1971 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Michael McCormack (1943 - 13 January 2002) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back at senior level for the Tipperary county team.[1][2]
Born in Kilross, County Tipperary, McCormack first played competitive football and hurling during his schooling at Abbey CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 football and intermediate and senior hurling teams. He made his senior football debut during the 1965 championship. McCormack went on to play a key role over the next few years, and won one National League (Division 2) medal.[citation needed]
At club level McCormack was a two-time football championship medallist with University College Cork as well as claiming a hurling championship medal with the college. He later won a second hurling championship with St Finbarr's. McCormack began his club career with Aherlow.[citation needed]
His son, Fergal, was an All-Ireland medallist with the Cork hurlers while his brother-in-law, Mick O'Connell, played for Kerry and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time.[citation needed]
McCormack's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1971 championship.[citation needed]