Paddy O'Grady
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Nickname | Hawker[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 June 1993 (aged 72) Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Motor trade employee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter John O'Grady (1921 – 14 June 1993[2]) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Fermoy and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
After beginning his Gaelic football career at school's level with the local CBS, O'Grady was a part of the Fermoy minor team that won the County Championship in 1938. As a result, he captained the Cork minor team to their very first Munster Minor Championship success in 1939. O'Grady subsequently established himself on the Fermoy senior team and won a County Championship medal in 1945. He had earlier claimed a junior championship title as a hurler with Oldcastletown. After first lining out for Cork as a member of the junior team, O'Gardy was a substitute on the senior team that won the Munster Championship in 1943. He won a second provincial title from the bench in 1945, before ending the season by again lining out as a substitute when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final.[3][4][5]