Joe Young (dual player)
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Donnycarney,
Dublin, Ireland
Barna,
County Galway, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
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| Football Position: | Centre-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
15 November 1933 Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Died |
6 May 2023 (aged 89) Barna, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||
| Clubs | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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St. Vincent's An Chéad Cath | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 1 | 2 | |
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | ||
1953–1954 1955–1958 1955–1961 |
Dublin (SH) Galway (SH) Galway (SF) | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Connacht Titles | 6 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 0 | |
| League titles | 0 | 0 | |
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Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.
Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.[1]
Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952.[2] Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.[3]