Paddy Cronin (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Cróinín | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born | 1921 Ballingeary, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1930s-1950s | Fermoy | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1943-1947 | Cork | 8 (0-1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:01, 12 April 2012. | |||
Paddy Cronin (born 1921) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team.
Cronin joined the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the completion of the 1947 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]
Cronin also enjoyed a successful club career with Fermoy, winning one county championship medal.
Paddy Cronin was a teacher at Curraghgalla national School, he taught from the late 1940s to the early 1950s as a Head Teacher. He was known to be extremely hard towards his pupils. "All the pupils were glad when he departed", Says a former pupil of Cronin's.
References
- ↑ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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