GAA Trivia

[Hardy]

Hill - that was Des Foley.

Who appeared in five successive All-Ireland Senior Football Finals in the fifties (including replays)?

[Windmill abu]

3 Players who have captained their clubs and counties to all ireland titles - Billy Morgan, Tony Hanahoe & Ray Silke. Dont think any of them did it in the same year, so maybe their are 3 others in Hurling

[The Claw]

What about 3 players who have captained their club to all ireland title and captained their county to all ireland in the same year ?

Ray Silke would have to be one of them, Jackie Tyrell another,not sure of the third.

Only heard this second hand, so dont take it as gospel but
Who is the only man to have a Sigerson Cup medal and a World Cup medal?

[An Fhairche Abu]

Only heard this second hand, so dont take it as gospel but
Who is the only man to have a Sigerson Cup medal and a World Cup medal?

This is a mythical event, I think Socrates is the common answer to this question and he never won (or even played in) a Sigerson Cup final.

[johnneycool]

What about 3 players who have captained their club to all ireland title and captained their county to all ireland in the same year ?

Ray Silke would have to be one of them, Jackie Tyrell another,not sure of the third.

Joe Connolly.

Did he not lift the Club title with Castlegar before going onto lift Liam in September with Galway?

Tyrell may of won the club the previous year, 2005, but Portumna won it this year when he won the AI with Kilkenny

[The Hill is Blue]

Who appeared in five successive All-Ireland Senior Football Finals in the fifties (including replays)?

Hardy, I'd guess it was a referee but I haven't found a name yet.

[The Claw]

What about 3 players who have captained their club to all ireland title and captained their county to all ireland in the same year ?

Ray Silke would have to be one of them, Jackie Tyrell another,not sure of the third.

Joe Connolly.

Did he not lift the Club title with Castlegar before going onto lift Liam in September with Galway?

Tyrell may of won the club the previous year, 2005, but Portumna won it this year when he won the AI with Kilkenny

Ah yes, stand corrected.

[Groot Baas]

Ex-Intercounty Senior player, that captained a senior international rugby union/Country side (not sure if it's 7's or XV) - The player is Irish, played football in the 80's, is male, and as far as I know never played representative rugby at eny level in Ireland (club/province/country) 
Zinzan Brooke and all previous answers wrong.

[Kerry Mike]

3 Players who have captained their clubs and counties to all ireland titles

Pat Spillane captained Thomond College (NIHE) to the AI club title and also lifted Sam Maguire as a stand in vice-captain for Mickey Ned O'Sullivan.

[Spiritof98]

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This is a mythical event, I think Socrates is the common answer to this question and he never won (or even played in) a Sigerson Cup final.

I heard it was the fact he was the physio that day (med student lending a hand), but I always questioned this as well.

[CompulsoryTillager]

Socrates never won a World Cup, Gerd Muller is the answer to that mythical question, though he like Socrates never went to college in ireland

[ludermor]

Just to put that one to bed for the sake of full scale warfare, the answer i was looking for was armagh.

I hadnt counted on people trawling back to 1920 or 1905.........for the sake of argument just forget that one

Jeez!!
As if ye dont get enough stick about football only existing since Armagh won

[passedit]

Who appeared in five successive All-Ireland Senior Football Finals in the fifties (including replays)?

Hardy, I'd guess it was a referee but I haven't found a name yet.

I'd say Peter Mc Dermott

[schemozzler]

Wouldn't Mick Galwey have played inter-county football (1 A-I medal) and captained Ireland also at some stage. Philip Daniher of Limerick played in the '91 Munster final. What GAA athletes have achieved notable successes at the Olympics?  I know a Kerry footballer (Eamon Fitzgerald?) was the best long jumper in the world in his era c. 1920's, finishing 4th, and this was only due to competing with an injury at the Games. More importantly, this Olympian also won a few All-Ireland medals.

[Over the Bar]

In football who holds the senior inter-county scoring record in one game?