Jack Egan (Cork hurler)

Thomas John "Jack" Egan (22 July 1904 – 31 January 1984) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.

Jack Egan
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

Club

In 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

Egan 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.

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.

Personal life

Thomas 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

Team
Glen Rovers
Cork

References
  1. "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
  2. "Once a Doheny, always a Doheny". Southern Star. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. "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
  4. "Cork v Tipp: A game which touches the parts others just can't reach". Irish Examiner. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. "Teams to Remember - No. 31 - Cork All-Ireland Champions 1926". Cork Evening Echo. 19 August 1954 – via Flickr.
  6. "Residents of a house 19 in Commons Road". Census 1911. National Archives of Ireland. 1911. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. "Death Notices - Jack Egan (Cork)". Cork Examiner. 1 February 1984 – via Flickr.
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