Sophie Brack is a former
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
player who was selected on the camogie
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
in 2004, and winner of
All Ireland medals in 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
Background and career
She won eight All Ireland medals with
Dublin
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. When the
CIE club represented Dublin because of an affiliation dispute in 1948, Sophie captained the team to win the
O'Duffy Cup
The O'Duffy Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Dúbhthaigh) is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
The cup is named after Seán O'Duffy, a member and administrator of the Kilmacud Crokes club in Dublin, who present ...
, scoring two goals in the first ten minutes and three goals overall in the final. She went on to captain
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
winning teams on five other occasions, a record unlikely ever to be equalled. A prolific goalscorer, she also scored three goals in the 1950 "home" final, four goals in the 1951 final, and three goals in each of the 1954 and 1955 finals.
Citation
Her
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
citation described her as "the pioneer of full forwards, opening up the play for others and moving into space with great intelligence. Playing at the edge of the square from she varied her tactics making life difficult for backs and goalkeepers alike. Possessing lightning speed and great positional sense she was a prolific scorer. A legend among her peers she gave great service to the game of Camogie as a player of exceptional ability and as an able administrator. Her untimely death in 1996 robbed the association of an exceptional contributor."
Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
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Year of birth missing
Cork camogie players
1996 deaths