John Joe Cassidy

John Joe Cassidy
Personal information
Sport	Football
Position	Defender
Born	County Cavan, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Arva; Cavan GFC; (New York)
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
?-1950	Cavan
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	6
All-Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	0

John Joe Cassidy was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team.

Playing career[]

Cassidy was born and raised in Arva and got a taste of New York when he represented Cavan in the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship against Kerry in the Polo Grounds. He lined out at wing half forward in the 1948 and 1952 victorious finals. In the 1952 All-Ireland title success he scored a goal in the drawn game against Meath. Paul Fitzsimons was introduced as sub for John Joe Cassidy in the replay witch Cavan went on to celebrate a 0-9 to 0-5 win. He also won six Ulster titles and two Railway Cup Medals.^[1]

Cassidy was top scorer in the 1952 Ulster Senior Football Championship, with a total of 1-7.

Later years[]

Cassidy emigrated to New York along with Owen Roe McGovern in the early 1950s and became an active member of the Cavan GFC of New York as a player, President and Honorary President, until his death in 1995.^[2] John Cassidy has been a successful player in the travel industry and now classic resorts is a well known honeymoon tour operator.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.hoganstand.com/cavan/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=2597^{[bare URL]}

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.hoganstand.com/cavan/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=2597^{[bare URL]}

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