Mick Gould (Gaelic footballer)
Michael "Mick" Gould (1930 - 2005), is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team.
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál de Gúl | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Right corner-back | ||
Born |
1930 Macroom, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Occupation | Veterinary Surgeon | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1940s-1950s 1950s-1960s |
University College Dublin Macroom | ||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1950-1959 | Cork | 19 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 2 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:28, 12 April 2012. |
Gould joined the team during the 1950 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a number of seasons until his retirement following the completion of the 1959 championship. During that time he won two National League medals and two[1] Munster medals in 1956 and 1957 but failed to capture an All-Ireland medal.[2] He represented Munster in the Railway Cup through the 1950s.[3]
At club level Gould is a double senior football county championship medalist with Macroom in 1958 as captain, and again in 1962. He also played club football with UCD, with whom he won a Sigerson Cup[4] medal in 1953. He previously won a schools hurling Harty Cup medal with St. Colmans Fermoy[5] in 1948.
References
- "Munster GAA".
- "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- "Munster GAA".
- "UCD and the Sigerson Cup" (PDF).
- "Irish Examiner".