Barney Rock

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Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	Dublin , Ireland
Club information
Club	Ballymun Kickhams
Position	Centre Half Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
	? -?
Inter-County
County	Dublin
Position	-
Inter-County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Dublin	?- ?
All Stars	3
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Barney Rock is an Irish gaelic footballer and played Gaelic Football for Dublin from 1979 - 1991 . He played for Ballymun Kickhams in north County Dublin. Rock is regarded as being one of the best players to play for Dublin and is considered a legend among the Dublin fans. Rock received All Stars three years in a row from 1983, when Dublin won the All-Ireland, to 1985. Rock played no. 10 for Dublin the first ever compromise rules game against Australia in 1984. In 2007 RTÉ Charity you're a star, he and his former GAA rivals, Dave Beggy and Jack O'Shea formed a team "GAA All-Stars" and won the title with extrodinary performance.

Rock was voted no. 18 in RTÉ's Top 20 GAA Moments in television history for his goal against Cork in the 1983 All-Ireland semi final.

[edit] See also

• Dublin GAA
• Dublin GAA Honours
• Dublin Senior Club Football Championship

v • d • e Dublin - All-Ireland Football Champions 1983 (21st title) 1 J. O'Leary | 2 M. Holden | 3 G. Hargan | 4 R. Hazley | 5 P. Canavan | 6 T. Drumm (Capt.) | 7 P.J. Buckley | 8 J. Ronayne | 9 B. Mullins | 10 B. Rock | 11 T. Conroy | 12 K. Duff | 13 J. Caffrey | 14 A. O’Toole 15 J. McNally | Subs: J. Kearns, K. Maher. Manager: K. Heffernan