Peter McDermott

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Personal information
Peter McDermott
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	Meath, February 1st,1918 place of death=Meath,December 12,2007 countryofbirth=Ireland
Club information
Club	Navan O'Mahony's
Position	[[Gaelic football and Hurling positions#{{{clposition}}}\|{{{clposition}}}]]
Inter-County
County	Meath
Position	Corner Forward
Inter-County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
{{{counties}}}	1947-1970 icapps pts= 1245 apps=788 icprovince=6	{{{icapps(points)}}}
All-Ireland	2
All Stars	Irish All Stars
* club appearances and scores correct as of {{{clupdate}}}. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Peter 'The Man with the Cap' McDermott is a retired best ever player in history of GAA inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success play inter-county football in the forty's & fiftys's on the Meath team. During his playing career he has won 2 Senior All Ireland medals (1949 & 1954) as well as 6 Leinster medals. He played in 4 All Ireland Finals. Peter McDermott holds the unique record of participation in six All-Ireland finals between 1949 and 1954-five in succession as a player, captain (He captained the All Ireland winning team of 1954) and referee. He is also the only man to referee an All Ireland both before and after winning one. In the sixty's he was coach on the Meath team and held this position when Meath won the All Ireland in 1967. He is credited with starting the International Compromised Rules Series with the Australian tour of Meath in 1968. When the Series started formally in 1984 Peter was manager of the Irish Team.