Mick Quane

Mick Quane
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó Cuain
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1934
Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 Newmarket
Glen Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1958-1962
 Cork 6 (3-05)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Michael Quane (born 1934[1]) is an Irish former hurler who played at club level with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Playing career

Quane first came to prominence with the Newmarket club before transferring to Glen Rovers in Cork.[2][3] He first lined out with the senior team in 1955 and won four Cork SHC titles in total.[4] Quane first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork junior hurling team that won the All-Ireland JHC title in 1955.[5] He captained the juniors to a second All-Ireland crown in 1958, while also being drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team that year.[6] Quane went on to line out in three successive Munster finals without success.[7]

Honours

Glen Rovers
Cork

References

  1. ^ "Michael Quane in 1934". Find My Past website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Minor hurling county semi-final of 1951". Newmarket GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "History". Newmarket GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Christy Ring and Glen Rovers: Buying into the Blackpool spirit". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Cork SHC teams; 1950-1959" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Cork SHC teams; 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2022.