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| Dave Creedon |
| Personal information |
| Sport |
Hurling |
| Irish Name |
Daithí Ó Críodáin |
| Full name |
David Creedon |
| Place of birth |
Cork , Ireland |
| Club information |
| Club |
Glen Rovers |
| Position |
Goalkeeper |
| Inter-County |
| County |
Cork |
| Position |
Goalkeeper |
| Inter-County(ies)** |
| County |
Years |
Apps (scores) |
| Cork |
1952-1955 |
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| Senior Inter-County Titles |
| Munster Titles |
3 |
| All-Ireland |
4 |
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* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
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Dave Creedon (1919-2007) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1952 until 1955.
[edit] Early life
Dave Creedon was born in the Blackpool area of Cork in 1919. It was a tough, working-class area of the city that had a huge interest in Gaelic games. Creedon was educated locally and from an early age he showed great skill at the games of hurling and football.
[edit] Playing career
Dave Creedon played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers club in Blackpool. He had much success with the club, beginning in 1933 and 1934 when he won back-to-back Cork county minor hurling titles. He quickly joined the club's senior hurling team with whom he won a total of nine county championship titles from the late 1930s until 1954. He was captain of the side in 1941 when the Glen won a record eighth county title in-a-row. Creedon also played football with St. Nicholas', the sister club of the Glen. As a footballer he won county championship medals in 1938, 1941 and 1954. He retired from club activity in 1951, however, he returned the following year. Creedon finished off his club career playing with the Nemo Rangers junior team in the late 1950s.
[edit] Inter-county
Creedon played with the Cork minor hurling team in the mid 1940s. He was a member of the senior panel when Cork won the Munster Championship in 1947, however, he had yet to make his own championship debut. He won his first All-Ireland medal when he was sub goalkeeper in the 1946 final. In 1952 Creedon came out of retirement at the age of 33 to becaome the first-choice goalkeeper on the Cork senior hurling team. It proved to be an excellent decision as he won his first Munster title that year before later defeating Dublin to claim his first All-Ireland medal. 1953 began well for Creedon when he won his first National Hurling League title. Later that year he won his second consecutive Munster medal as well as a second consecutive All-Ireland medal following an ill-tempered win over Galway. In 1954 Creedon made it a hat-trick of Munster and All-Ireland medals as a defeat of Wexford gave the team its third All-Ireland title in-a-row. In 1955 Cork were defeated by Clare in the first round of the championship. Creedon subsequently retired from inter-county hurling.
[edit] Post-playing career
In retirement from playing Creedon continued working as a cooper in the Beamish and Crawford stout brewery in Cork. He died in Cork on 11 March 2007.
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Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1952 (17th title) |
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Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1953 (18th title) |
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Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1954 (19th title) |
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