Bobby Beggs
Bobby Beggs was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He is one of ten men to have won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship while playing for two different counties.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Half-Back | ||
| Born | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Skerries Harps | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
|
Dublin Galway | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
Beggs was a fisherman from Skerries by trade. Originally playing for Dublin, he reached the All-Ireland final in 1934 wherein Dublin lost to Galway, his future team.[1] and subsequently won the 1935 and 1936 Railway Cup with Leinster and Connacht respectfully.[2] In 1938 Beggs won his first All-Ireland title with Galway against Kerry.[3] He also played on the Galway team of 1941 which was beaten in the All-Ireland final by Kerry. Four years later, he won his second and final All-Ireland, beating his former team, Galway.[4][5][6]
References
- https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/recruiters-have-a-hill-to-climb-1.1131346
- http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/1963%20October%20vol%206%20no%207.pdf
- http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/1941%2009%2006.pdf
- Harps pay fitting tribute to Bobby, independent.ie; accessed 3 July 2017.
- Brendan O'Brien. "Parish pride in the big smoke". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- "Beefy Kennedy". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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