James McCartan, Senior
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Séamas Mac Artáin Mór | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born | County Down | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1950s–1960s | Down | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NFL | 2 |
James McCartan, Senior (1938 – 14 August 2021) was a Northern Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local Tullylish club and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1950s until the 1960s.
McCartan played primarily as a forward, and was a major figure in Down's All-Ireland victories of 1960 and 1961. McCartan's credits include Ulster senior football medals and Railway Cup medals. He also won two National League medals, in 1960 and 1962. He was Texaco Footballer of the Year two years in a row in 1960 and 1961.
Once his playing days came to an end he served as manager of the Down team during the 1980s when they won the 1982–83 National Football League.
His son, James McCartan, Junior, won All-Ireland medals with Down in 1991 and 1994; he has also been manager of the Down senior football team and led them to the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. His younger son Daniel plays with the Down team at present and played in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Greyhound racing[]
McCartan later became a greyhound trainer and won the 1978 Irish Cesarewitch with a greyhound called Gullion Lad.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Gullion Lad is tipped for the big prize". Drogheda Independent. 8 September 1978. p. 23 – via British Newspaper Archives.
- Down profile. hoganstand.com.
- Texaco Footballers of the Year
- 1938 births
- 2021 deaths
- Gaelic football managers
- Down inter-county Gaelic footballers
- Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
- Irish greyhound racing trainers
- Ulster Gaelic football biography stubs
- Down GAA stubs