Billy Field (Gaelic footballer)

Field enjoyed his first successes, not as a Gaelic footballer but as a hurling goalkeeper with the Blackrock minor team that won Cork MHC titles in 1968 and 1969. He also played as a schoolboy with Coláiste Chríost Rí and was part of the school team that won a Corn Uí Mhuirí-Hogan Cup double in 1970.^[1] He was later a member of the University College Cork team that beat University College Galway to win the Sigerson Cup title in 1972. Field first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in 1970.^[2] He later appeared with the under-21 team after making his senior team debut in December 1972. Field was Cork's top scorer in his debut season and also won a Munster SFC, however, he suffered a broken leg which ruled him out of Cork's 1973 All-Ireland final defeat of Galway.^[3][4][5] He returned to the team over team over the following few seasons. Field was also a member of the St. Michael's team that lost three consecutive Cork SFC finals from 1976 to 1978.^[6]

Coláiste Chríost Rí

• Hogan Cup: 1970
• Corn Uí Mhuirí: 1970

University College Cork

• Sigerson Cup: 1972

Blackrock

• Cork Minor Hurling Championship: 1968, 1969

Cork

• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1973