Michael McCormack (1943 - 13 January 2002) was an Irish

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er who played as a full-back at senior level for the Tipperary county team. Born in Kilross, County Tipperary, McCormack first played competitive football and

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during his schooling at

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. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 football and intermediate and senior hurling teams. He made his senior football debut during the 1965 championship. McCormack went on to play a key role over the next few years, and won one National League (Division 2) medal. At club level McCormack was a two-time football championship medallist with University College Cork as well as claiming a hurling championship medal with the college. He later won a second hurling championship with St Finbarr's. McCormack began his club career with Aherlow. His son,

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, was an All-Ireland medallist with the

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hurlers while his brother-in-law, Mick O'Connell, played for Kerry and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time. McCormack's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1971 championship.

Honours

Team

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(1): 1959 ;University College Cork * Cork Senior Football Championship (2): 1963, 1964 * Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1963 * Fitzgibbon Cup (4): 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 * Sigerson Cup (1): 1967 ;St Finbarr's * Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1968 ;Tipperary * National League (Division 2) (1): 1970-71

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Michael 1943 births 2002 deaths Dual players Aherlow Gaelic footballers Aherlow hurlers St Finbarr's Gaelic footballers St Finbarr's hurlers UCC hurlers UCC Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county hurlers