Dave Creedon

Dave Creedon (1 August 1919 – 11 March 2007) was an Irish sportsperson. A dual player at the highest levels, he played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from at various intervals from 1940 until 1955. Creedon also played Gaelic football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in 1953.^[1]

Playing career

Club

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.

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 become 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.

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