Des Benson

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Des Benson
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Killeshandra
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	?
All Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Des Benson (November 1921 - January 2007) was a Gaelic football player for Cavan.

Playing career

Des Benson was a goalkeeper for Cavan in the 40's and he was considered to be one of the most underrated player of Cavan’s glorious period.^{[citation needed]} He won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal in 1938. He was Cavan's reserve goalkeeper in the squad that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in the Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. He played in All-Ireland Final the following year against Co. Mayo. His memorable save against Kerry helped the Blues achieve their first National Football League title in 1949/50. He was also on the first University College Dublin team ever to win the Dublin championship.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

v t e Cavan – 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 D. Benson 2 W. Doonan 3 B. O'Reilly 4 P. Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 J. J. O'Reilly (c) 7 S. Deignan 8 P. Brady 9 V. Sherlock 10 A. Tighe 11 M. Higgins 12 J. J. Cassidy 13 J. Stafford 14 P. Donohoe 15 E. Carolan Sub O. R. McGovern

Persondata
Name	Benson, Des
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth	1921
Place of birth	Killeshandra, County Cavan
Date of death	2007
Place of death

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