Thomas John "Jack" Egan (22 July 1904 – 31 January 1984) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
22 July 1904 Electric Terrace, Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
31 January 1984 (aged 79) Wilton, Cork, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Glen Rovers Blackrock | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1926-1928 | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Born in Cork city, Egan initially played hurling for the local Blackpool club Glen Rovers. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Cork junior team. He joined the senior panel during the 1926 championship. Egan won two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals and two Munster Senior Hurling Championship. At club level, Egan won several championship medals in the different grades with Glen Rovers and later Blackrock.[1]
He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1928 championship.
Hurling career
editClub
editIn 1924 Egan was a key member of the Glen Rovers team that reached the final of the junior championship for the first time. Dohenys provided the opposition, however, the game was so one-sided in favour of "the Glen" that Doheny's conceded after fifty minutes. It was Egan's first championship medal.[2]
The following year Glen Rovers reached the final of the intermediate championship. A 7-2 to 2-3 defeat of Innicarra gave Egan a championship medal in that grade.
Egan later played club hurling with Blackrock.[1]
Inter-county
editEgan first appeared for Cork as a member of the junior team in 1925. After playing no part in Cork's run to the All-Ireland decider, he was included at right corner-forward for the delayed decider against Dublin. A 5-6 to 1-0 victory gave Egan an All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medal.[citation needed]
In 1926, in a season in which he captained his club's junior side,[3] Egan was drafted onto the Cork senior panel. He was an unused substitute throughout the majority of the campaign, but collected a set of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and Munster Senior Hurling Championship medals following respective defeats of Tipperary and Kilkenny.[4][5]
Egan made his senior championship debut on 13 May 1928, in a 4-8 to 0-3 Munster semi-final defeat of Waterford. He was later dropped to the substitutes' bench, as Cork completed a clean sweep of Munster and All-Ireland titles once again.[citation needed]
Personal life
editThomas John (Jack) Egan was born in Cork in 1904.[6] His father was trade unionist and politician Michael Egan.[6] Jack Egan worked at the Ford Motor Company factory in Cork for several decades.[1][7] He died following a road traffic incident in January 1984, aged 79.[7]
Honours
editTeam
edit- Glen Rovers
- Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1925
- Cork Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1924
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1926 (sub), 1928 (sub)
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1926 (sub), 1928 (sub)
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1925
- Munster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1925 (sub)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Two Retirements From Company". Ford Motor Company, Cork Employee Magazine. Cork: Ford Motor Company. September 1969 – via Flickr.
Jack [Egan] won both junior and senior All-Ireland medals while playing with Glen Rovers, and a senior All-Ireland medal with Blackrock
- ^ "Once a Doheny, always a Doheny". Southern Star. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "GAA - Cork V Waterford". Cork Examiner. 23 June 1926 – via Flickr.
The following will represent Cork [..] junior hurling against Waterford next Sunday [..] - J Egan (Glen Rovers) captain
- ^ "Cork v Tipp: A game which touches the parts others just can't reach". Irish Examiner. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Teams to Remember - No. 31 - Cork All-Ireland Champions 1926". Cork Evening Echo. 19 August 1954 – via Flickr.
- ^ a b "Residents of a house 19 in Commons Road". Census 1911. National Archives of Ireland. 1911. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Death Notices - Jack Egan (Cork)". Cork Examiner. 1 February 1984 – via Flickr.