Jack Shorten (Gaelic footballer)

Jack Shorten
Personal information
Irish name Seán Seartáin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full-back
Born (1886-03-17)17 March 1886
Ballingeary, County Cork, Ireland
Died 18 April 1972(1972-04-18) (aged 86)
Commons Road, Cork, Ireland
Occupation County council employee
Club(s)
Years Club
 Lees
Club titles
Cork titles 4
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1908-1915
 Cork 10 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:22, 1 April 2021.

John Shorten (17 March 1886 – 18 April 1972) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for club side Lees and at senior level for the Cork county team from 1908 until 1915.

Career

Murphy first came to sporting prominence as a rugby union player with Cork Constitution. He later switched codes to Gaelic football and joined the Lees club with whom he won four County Championship titles. Success at club level saw Murphy drafted onto the Cork senior football team and he lined out in the 1907 All-Ireland final defeat by Dublin. Murphy won a Munster Championship medal in 1911 but was unable to play, in spite of being selected, in Cork's subsequent All-Ireland final victory over Antrim.[1] He continued to line out with Cork until 1915.

Personal life and death

Born in Ballingeary, County Cork, Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork and later took an appointment in the road department in Cork County Council.[2]

Shorten died in at his home on the Commons Road in Cork on 18 April 1972.[citation needed]

Honours

Lees
Cork

References

  1. ^ Lordan, Paul. "West Cork is the home of Cork football". West Cork People. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A Century in Ballingeary and Inchigeela". Ballingeary GAA website. Retrieved 1 April 2021.