Andrew O. McCabe (1945 – 4 December 2021) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who played at club level with Crosserlough and at inter-county level with the Cavan senior football team. He usually lined out as a defender.

Career

McCabe first played

with the Crosserlough club. He captained the club's minor team to championship success in 1963, the senior team to league victory in 1964 and two years later in 1966 he captained the Crosserlough senior team to the first of their seven-in-a-row run of championship victories. McCabe joined the Cavan senior football team during the 1966-67 National League, having spent a number of seasons with the Cavan junior team. He won Ulster Championship medals in 1967 and again in 1969 as Cavan defeated

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on both occasions. McCabe's displays for Cavan earned him a call up to the Ulster panel and he was a key player for a number of years, winning

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

medals in 1970 and 1971.

Death

McCabe died on 4 December 2021.

Honours

;Crosserlough *

Cavan Senior Football Championship The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1888. The winners get the Oliver Plunkett Cup and qualifies to represent t ...

: 1966 (c), 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 ;Cavan * Ulster Senior Football Championship:

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: 1970, 1971

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCabe, Andy 1945 births 2021 deaths Crosserlough Gaelic footballers Cavan inter-county Gaelic footballers Irish salespeople Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers