David Tubridy
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | 1987 (age 37–38)[1] | ||
| Occupation | Restaurant trade | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Doonbeg[2] | |||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2007–2023 | Clare | 43 (9–140) | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 25 June 2022. | |||
David Tubridy (born 1987)[1] is a Gaelic footballer. He plays senior football for Doonbeg and, formerly, the Clare county team.
Tubridy plays as a forward.[2] The Irish Independent has described him as "the floating butterfly lurking on the Clare '45".[3]
Tubridy grew up in Doonbeg, County Clare. He attended Clare inter-county training alongside his father Tommy (who remained involved with the team following his retirement from playing).[1] Tommy Tubridy played for Clare, until 1990.[2] The 1992 Munster SFC win came when David Tubridy was four years of age.[1] The jersey he wore while attending the Munster SFC final was passed around the plane the team used to fly from Shannon Airport to Dublin for the 1992 All-Ireland SFC semi-final.[1] The entire panel signed the jersey, which Tubridy retained as a memento.[1]
According to his father, "from nine months old he was following the ball".[1] From an early age he was encouraged to work on both his feet.[1]
Playing career
He made his debut for Clare against Tipperary in the 2007 Tommy Murphy Cup.[2] Páidí Ó Sé was team manager.[1]
Tubridy became top scorer in National Football League history against Cork in May 2021,[4] his total score in the competition after this game (22–412, i.e. 478 points) causing him to overtake Mickey Kearins.[5] Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland celebrated by giving him lifetime membership of its golf club, at which Tubridy caddied when he was a boy (including for Hugh Grant and Gary Player).[1] Tubridy plays off six, according to the Irish Independent in 2022.[1]
Against Roscommon in the 2022 All-Ireland SFC he was used as a substitute after 15 years of featuring from the start of games; a problematic Achilles tendon contributed to this.[1]
He opened 2023 by confirming he had retired from inter-county football.[6]