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Billy Field (Gaelic footballer)

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Irish Gaelic footballer

Billy Field
Personal information
Irish name Liam an Mhachaire
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right corner-forward
Born 1952
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Bank official
Club(s)
Years Club
1971-1981 St Michael's
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
University College Cork
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1972-1976 Cork 6 (2-20)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:13, 12 April 2012.

William Field (born 1952) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St Michael's and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior football team.

Career

Field enjoyed his first successes, not as a Gaelic footballer but as a hurling goalkeeper with the Blackrock minor team that won Cork MHC titles in 1968 and 1969. He also played as a schoolboy with Coláiste Chríost Rí and was part of the school team that won a Corn Uí Mhuirí-Hogan Cup double in 1970. He was later a member of the University College Cork team that beat University College Galway to win the Sigerson Cup title in 1972. Field first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in 1970. He later appeared with the under-21 team after making his senior team debut in December 1972. Field was Cork's top scorer in his debut season and also won a Munster SFC, however, he suffered a broken leg which ruled him out of Cork's 1973 All-Ireland final defeat of Galway. He returned to the team over team over the following few seasons. Field was also a member of the St. Michael's team that lost three consecutive Cork SFC finals from 1976 to 1978.

Honours

Coláiste Chríost Rí
University College Cork
Blackrock
  • Cork Minor Hurling Championship: 1968, 1969
Cork

References

  1. "Last of the crown duals". Irish Independent. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. "Cork minor football teams: 1970-2009" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Ger Canning: Remembering the shocking '73 Munster final". RTÉ Sport. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. "When boys of '73 served up a treat". Irish Examiner. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. "St Michael's have a point to prove after previous county final disappointments". Echo Live. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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