Teddy Mc Carthy 58. Shocking news, one of my heroes as a kid.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41156614.html
Terrible news. Absolute legend.
Ah man that's shocking news.. one of the true GAA legends winning hurling and football from midfield in same year!! Was at our club randomly a few years ago having a pint, couldn't believe he was there standing at the bar!!
Sad news and so young!!
Ah no.
RIP
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 06, 2023, 09:27:38 PM
Ah man that's shocking news.. one of the true GAA legends winning hurling and football from midfield in same year!! Was at our club randomly a few years ago having a pint, couldn't believe he was there standing at the bar!!
Sad news and so young!!
What a player.... in both codes. Far too young. RIP
Sad sad news, RIP Teddy.
Terrible news. Very sad for Cork. Christy Ring died at the same age.
RIP Teddy.
Fine hurler with a great leap on him, and him only 58..
Scary
RIP Teddy McCarthy what a legend.
It was shameful how he was treated a few years back for a jubilee celebration.
RIP Teddy.
Quote from: johnnycool on June 06, 2023, 10:00:07 PM
RIP Teddy.
Fine hurler with a great leap on him, and him only 58..
Scary
Just seen a photo of him leaping in the air, clean catch with his knee embedded into a standing tall Wexford man lol! Squashed against another Cork man
Only player in GAA history to win an All-Ireland senior medal in both codes in the same season, a record that will probably won't be matched. RIP Teddy.
Isn't there that famous story about him being "merry" in a chippy when a clare man was giving it plenty when they won their second all ireland in 1997, he piped up "sure I won two of them in a fortnight"
Quote from: pbat on June 06, 2023, 09:15:39 PM
Teddy Mc Carthy 58. Shocking news, one of my heroes as a kid.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41156614.html
No way. :'(
Absolute legend of the GAA. All time great.
I'd no idea he was that young either!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 06, 2023, 10:29:03 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on June 06, 2023, 10:00:07 PM
RIP Teddy.
Fine hurler with a great leap on him, and him only 58..
Scary
Just seen a photo of him leaping in the air, clean catch with his knee embedded into a standing tall Wexford man lol! Squashed against another Cork man
Saw a similar picture with the caption "rose like a salmon!" :)
Saw him first in '83 in the minor final v Derry, he was playing midfield.
Met him the day after the senior final in '93 in the Burlington
Same age , makes you realise what life is about when these thing hit your pens age.
Fantastic athlete around the middle for a relative small midfielder.
Quote from: clarshack on June 06, 2023, 10:22:21 PM
RIP Teddy McCarthy what a legend.
It was shameful how he was treated a few years back for a jubilee celebration.
What happened with the jubilee?
Sad news. A fine player.
I am not one to start forums, but after watching the Lochra Gael show on him a half hour ago, it truly makes you appreciate what a legend the man was.
The word ''Legend' can often get overused but in his his case it is understated.
Do yourself a favor and watch the show.
I was hoping it would not end.
If some producer can extend it by another half hour please do so.
What a modest unassuming person he was.
One particular quote in the show probably describes him best, after Cork beat Meath in 1990, he just became a dual All-Ireland winner in the same year, he then said
'I ran to the dressing room so as not to take the attention from the rest of the team and subs"
God rest him.
Sad news. What a hurler and footballer he was. Too young.
Astrid Gilberto
Teddy was a very good player in his prime in both games. Gone far too young.
Teddy always struck me as a decent character. Hard-headed but decent.
He stuck to his guns when he had a run in with some dogsbodies outside Croke Park a few years ago.
He was meant to be in the half time presentation but after being messed around at the turnstiles, he tore up his ticket and turned for home.
Quote from: AustinPowers on June 07, 2023, 12:12:10 AM
Quote from: clarshack on June 06, 2023, 10:22:21 PM
RIP Teddy McCarthy what a legend.
It was shameful how he was treated a few years back for a jubilee celebration.
What happened with the jubilee?
Sad news. A fine player.
https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/they-were-treating-me-like-a-bowzy-in-a-nightclub-teddy-mccarthy-refused-entry-for-cork-jubilee-celebrations-40750
A wonderful player. We're so lucky to have had him grace our games. Comes across as a really really good sort. Very sad news.
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
RIP Teddy, a great exponent of both games.
https://www.terracetalk.com/interviews/176/Teddy-McCarthy
R I.P Teddy.
He was really an exceptional talent.
We wont see his achievement matched in the future.
Quote from: Taylor on June 07, 2023, 10:15:36 AM
He was really an exceptional talent.
We wont see his achievement matched in the future.
Not with round robins
https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41156677.html
It must have been something hereditary. His own father died in 1970.
Had the pleasure to meet Teddy shortly after he retired. A phenomenal athlete who could have graced any era. His power and strength were a sight to behold and it was no surprise at the time that we would dominate hurling and football at a time when the dual player was held aloft in GAA circles.
Sorry to hear this. RIP
https://twitter.com/noelywalsh/status/1666188636562370560?t=sU1Q4dMWb2YM7LC7THvXZA&s=08
There are 3 of the Cork team dead now who started the 1993 final
Kerins, Mick McCarthy? (corner forward from skibberine) and Teddy Mc Carthy ?
Sad day for Cork GAA. A legend in the true sense of the worse. His feat will probably never be equalled.
I was in his company a couple of times and he was easy to talk to. A wonderful conversationalist.
RIP Teddy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqBxUyeyn18
Quote from: DhoireTheas on June 07, 2023, 01:50:29 PM
There are 3 of the Cork team dead now who started the 1993 final
https://twitter.com/fotoole13/status/1666495736144355371/photo/1
Mo chomhbhrón le muintir Chorcaí. Laoch ar lár.
Quote from: Blowitupref on June 06, 2023, 10:30:26 PM
Only player in GAA history to win an All-Ireland senior medal in both codes in the same season, a record that will probably won't be matched. RIP Teddy.
Wasn't Denis Walsh part of both panels. I think he won the hurling All Ireland then didn't make the panel for the football final and missed out on a medal.
Loved watching Teddy when i was a kid, an absolute legend of our games. Was such a great athlete and to win two All Irelands in a year is just phenomenal. RIP Teddy.
Apparently subs didn't get medals then? Maybe that was subs not listed but McCarthy always said Walsh should have two.
Teddy's double winning achievement may not be ever be matched now with the way the sports have gone.
He came across me as a bit of a maverick, did it his way.
One of my earliest memories of him was playing the in 1986 International Rules tour, he got sent off and went bananas only sideline, kicking the bench and having to be restrained.
He'll be sadly missed.
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 08, 2023, 11:05:39 AM
Apparently subs didn't get medals then? Maybe that was subs not listed but McCarthy always said Walsh should have two.
Yes, this happened Walsh and Teddy McCarthy was known to point out that Walsh should also be recognised as having won a double.
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 08, 2023, 10:53:42 AM
Quote from: Blowitupref on June 06, 2023, 10:30:26 PM
Only player in GAA history to win an All-Ireland senior medal in both codes in the same season, a record that will probably won't be matched. RIP Teddy.
Wasn't Denis Walsh part of both panels. I think he won the hurling All Ireland then didn't make the panel for the football final and missed out on a medal.
Loved watching Teddy when i was a kid, an absolute legend of our games. Was such a great athlete and to win two All Irelands in a year is just phenomenal. RIP Teddy.
Walsh was on both and played for the footballers earlier on the football championship IIRC.
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 08, 2023, 11:05:39 AM
Apparently subs didn't get medals then? Maybe that was subs not listed but McCarthy always said Walsh should have two.
21 medals were given back then, no additional. Some county boards made replicas or other awards for the rest of the Squad but 21 only got them. Dennis Walsh did play in the Munster championship but I thin got injured and never got back into the football team.
First seen Teddy in the '86 U21 AI final, monster of a jump. Won 3 U21 AI's. Brilliant player
The list is short for the number of players with both football and hurling regardless of the year.
Only a few counties have won all Irelands in both codes in the last 50 years- Cork, Offaly and Galway I think.
Offaly won the football a year after the hurling. You need 2 really good teams and a lot of luck.
Quote from: seafoid on June 10, 2023, 07:54:18 AM
Only a few counties have won all Irelands in both codes in the last 50 years- Cork, Offaly and Galway I think.
Offaly won the football a year after the hurling. You need 2 really good teams and a lot of luck.
Liam Currams ( Offaly) came close
Won hurling and beat in football final in 81
Followed up by winning football final in 82
Not bad going either
Galway got to both finals in 2001 but lost the hurling.Alan Kerins played in both finals
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41159449.html
His coffin was carried into the church by former teammates Billy Morgan, Con Murphy, Larry Tompkins, Tomas Mulcahy, Niall Cahalane, and Jimmy Barry Murphy.
Both the Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire trophies were brought to the altar to recognise his achievement.
Can you imagine Teddy taking the ball across the field sideways, probing, and then casually throwing it backwards to the half-back to start the process again? Because I can't.
Quote from: seafoid on June 10, 2023, 11:54:11 AM
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41159449.html
His coffin was carried into the church by former teammates Billy Morgan, Con Murphy, Larry Tompkins, Tomas Mulcahy, Niall Cahalane, and Jimmy Barry Murphy.
Both the Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire trophies were brought to the altar to recognise his achievement.
A fitting tribute to a legendary man
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 10, 2023, 12:28:27 PM
Quote from: seafoid on June 10, 2023, 11:54:11 AM
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41159449.html
His coffin was carried into the church by former teammates Billy Morgan, Con Murphy, Larry Tompkins, Tomas Mulcahy, Niall Cahalane, and Jimmy Barry Murphy.
Both the Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire trophies were brought to the altar to recognise his achievement.
A fitting tribute to a legendary man
Better than an honours system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8sTmXpgBS0
From 1997 and into the early 00's, Teddy must have spent some amount of time in chippers, bars and hotels to be the punchline of the yarn that goes like this.
A bunch of Clare lads were giving it socks about how great their hurling team was.
Some Cork wag eventually has enough and announces "Ye think ye're great after winning two All Irelands in 80 years. There's a man over there who won that in two weeks".
At which point, Teddy waves over/gives the fingers/drinks his glass/eats his curry chip.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on June 14, 2023, 12:44:44 PM
From 1997 and into the early 00's, Teddy must have spent some amount of time in chippers, bars and hotels to be the punchline of the yarn that goes like this.
A bunch of Clare lads were giving it socks about how great their hurling team was.
Some Cork wag eventually has enough and announces "Ye think ye're great after winning two All Irelands in 80 years. There's a man over there who won that in two weeks".
At which point, Teddy waves over/gives the fingers/drinks his glass/eats his curry chip.
Anthony Daly got the line in Cork pub when on about his 2 all Irelands "sure Teddy won 2 in a fortnight ".