Daniel Joseph O'Sullivan (1927–2013) was an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team. Born in Carrigadrohid,

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, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-four when he first linked up with the Cork junior team. He made his senior debut in the 1950 championship. He was a

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runner-up on two occasions. At club level, O'Sullivan won one

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medal in the junior grade with Canovee. Throughout his career O'Sullivan made five championship appearances for Cork. He retired from senior inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1953 championship.

Honours

;Canovee * Cork Junior Football Championship (1): 1950 ;Cork *

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name. Since 2022, the competition ...

(1): 1955 *

Munster Junior Football Championship The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster GAA, Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination ...

(2): 1953, 1955

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Dan 1927 births 2013 deaths Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers