Joseph Hartnett (1927 – 18 October 2005) was an Irish
hurler and
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
er, who usually played as a centre-forward, and is best known as a
dual player
Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
with the Cork senior teams.
References
1927 births
2005 deaths
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
Cork inter-county hurlers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers
Dual players
Glen Rovers hurlers
Munster inter-provincial hurlers
St Nicholas' Gaelic footballers
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