John Joseph "Count" O'Donovan (1889 - 28 April 1920) 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 as a midfielder for the
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
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senior team.
Born in
Clonakilty,
County Cork, O'Donovan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first linked up with the Cork senior team. He made his senior debut in the
1911 championship. O'Donovan went on to play a key part for Cork during a successful period, and won one
All-Ireland medal.
At club level O'Donovan was a one-time
senior championship medallist with
Lees. He also won one
intermediate championship medal with
Clonakilty.
Throughout his inter-county career, O'Donovan made 9 championship appearances for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the
1916 championship.
Honours
Team
;Lees
*
Cork Senior Football Championship (1): 1911
;Clonakilty
*
Cork Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1913 (c)
;Cork
*
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1):
1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
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References
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1889 births
1920 deaths
Lees Gaelic footballers
Clonakilty Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers
Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)