James McCartan Sr

James McCartan Sr
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half/Full Forward
Born County Down
Club(s)
Years Club
1950s-1960s Tullylish
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1950s-1960s Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 6
All Irelands 2
NFL 2

James McCartan Sr is a retired Northern Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local Tullylish club and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1950s until the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.

McCartan is regarded as one of Gaelic football's outstanding forwards, and was a major figure in Down's All-Ireland victories of 1960 and 1961. McCartan's credits include Ulster senior football medals and Railway Cup medals, He won two National League medals, in 1960 and 1962. He was also Texaco Footballer of the Year two years in a row in 1960 and 1961.

His son also James won All-Ireland medals with Down in 1991 and 1994, he is also the current Down senior football team manager and led them to the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. His younger son Daniel plays with the Down team at present and played in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Once his playing day's came to an end he managed the Down team during the 1980s when there won the 1983 National Football League and 2 ulster title in 1978 and 1981.

References

Down - National Football League Champions 1960 (1st title)

1 E. McKay | 2 G. Lavery | 3 L. Murphy | 4 P. Rice | 5 K. Mussen | 6 D. McCartan (c) | 7 K.O'Neill | 8 P.J. McElroy | 9 P. O'Hagan | 10 S. O'Neill | 11 J. Carey | 12 P. Doherty | 13 A. Hadden | 14 J. McCartan | 15 B. Morgan |
Sub used: K. Denvir | E. Lundy | L. Murphy |
Down - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1960 (1st title)

1 E. McKay | 2 G. Lavery | 3 L. Murphy | 4 P. Rice | 5 K. Mussen | 6 D. McCartan (c) | 7 K.O'Neill | 8 J. Lennon | 9 J. Carey | 10 S. O'Neill | 11 J. McCartan | 12 P. Doherty | 13 T. Hadden | 14 P. O'Hagan | 15 B. Morgan |
Sub used: K. Denvir for J. Lennon |
Down - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1961 (2nd title)

1 E. McKay | 2 G. Lavery | 3 L. Murphy | 4 P. Rice | 5 P. O'Hagan | 6 D. McCartan | 7 J. Smith | 8 J. Carey | 9 J. Lennon | 10 S. O'Neill | 11 J. McCartan | 12 P. Doherty (c) | 13 T. Hadden | 14 P. J. McIlroy | 15 B. Morgan |
Subs used: K.O'Neill for P. Rice | P. Rice for G Lavery |
Down - National Football League Champions 1962 (2nd title)

1 E. McKay | 2 G. Lavery | 3 L. Murphy | 4 P. Rice | 5 K. Mussen | 6 P.O'Hagan | 7 K.O'Neill | 8 J.Carey | 9 J.Lennon | 10 S. O'Neill | 11 J. McCartan | 12 P. Doherty | 13 A. Hadden | 14 D. McCartan | 15 B. Morgan |
Sub used: P. Hamill |
Down - National Football Legaue Champions 1983 (4th title)

1 J.McAleavy | 2 E. King | 3 T.McGovern | 4 M.Turley(C) | 5 P.Kennedy | 6 P. O'Rourke | 7 B.McGovern | 8 L.Austin | 9 B.Toner | 10 J McCartan | 11 D. Bell | 12 G. Blaney | 13 M. Linden | 14 A. Rogers | 15 B.Mason |
Manager: J. McCartan |