What Northern Ireland international footballer who played with Cliftonville from 1949 won the inaugural winner of Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1950/51 season?
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Ulster Footballer of the Year The Ulster Footballer of the Year is the older of two association football player of the year awards in Northern Ireland. (The other is the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association award.) It is awarded by Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters' Club to the player who is adjudged by an independent committee to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership. The award has been presented since the 1950-51 season, when the inaugural winner was Kevin McGarry of Cliftonville. The current holder of the award is Jamie Mulgrew, of Linfield. Glenn Ferguson has won the award most often: on three separate occasions.
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Kevin McGarry Dr John Kevin McGarry (c. 1925 – August 1995) was a Northern Ireland international footballer who played with Cliftonville from 1949. He played Gaelic football before being convinced to sign amateur forms with Belfast Celtic. He played a few first-team games for Celtic before signing with Cliftonville. At Solitude he was also a prolific goalscorer. He was named as the inaugural Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1950/51 season.
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Leo Murphy (Gaelic footballer) Leo Murphy (1939 – 20 February 2017) was a Northern Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Down senior team spanned ten seasons from 1957 to 1967. Murphy was described by the Down County Board as the "finest full back of [his] era".
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Robert Milne (footballer) Robert ("Bob") George Milne is a former footballer who played for the Gordon Highlanders, Linfield and Ireland during the 1890s and early 1900s. Born in Scotland, Milne was stationed in Ireland with the Gordon Highlanders and played 7 games for the regimental football team as they won the Irish Cup in 1890. He subsequently signed for Linfield and played 43 games and scored 19 goals for the club in the same competition.
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Willie O'Neill (Irish footballer) William "Willie" O'Neill (often also referred to as "Billy") was an Irish international footballer who played as a defender.
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Jimmy Holmes (footballer, born 1953) James Paul Holmes (born 11 November 1953) is an Irish former professional footballer. Hailing from Meath Square in The Liberties he won 30 full international caps for the Republic of Ireland, scoring once.
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1950 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1950 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated London by a 21-point margin in the final, having already defeated Antrim by a ten-point margin in the home final.
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Dick Flavin Richard "Dick" Flavin (born 27 December 1878) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team.
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Harry Chatton James Harold "Harry" Chatton (born 23 April 1899 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland), commonly referred to as Harry Chatton, was an Irish footballer who played for several clubs in the Scottish League, the American Soccer League and the League of Ireland. Chatton was a dual internationalist and played for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI. His date and place of death are unknown.
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Des Dickson (footballer) Desmond "Des" Dickson (born 1948) is a retired Northern Irish football inside forward who made over 270 appearances in the Irish League for Coleraine. He also managed the club.
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Tommy Casey Thomas "Tommy" Casey (11 March 1930 – 13 January 2009) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, coach and football manager, whose career in professional football spanned 30 years.
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Johnny Carey John James "Johnny" Carey (23 February 1919 – 22 August 1995), also known as Jackie Carey, was an Irish professional footballer and manager. As a player Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he retired as a player in 1953. He was also a dual internationalist, playing for and captaining both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1947 he also captained a Europe XI which played a Great Britain XI at Hampden Park. In 1949 he was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year and in the same year captained the FAI XI that defeated England 2–0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Carey was also the first non-UK player and the first Irishman to captain a winning team in both an FA Cup Final and the First Division. Like his contemporary Con Martin, Carey was an extremely versatile footballer and played in nine different positions throughout his career. He even played in goal for United on one occasion.
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Iggy Jones Ignatius "Iggy" Jones (c. 1927 – 4 September 1992) was a Tyrone Gaelic footballer who is now considered one of the greats of Tyrone football. He was part of the breakthrough Tyrone team that won back-to-back Ulster Championships in 1956 and 1957 - they had not won a championship prior to that. He also represented Ireland in an exhibition series versus the combined Universities.
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Matty Geoghegan Matthew "Matty" Geoghegan was a Republic of Ireland international footballer.
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Frank Thompson (footballer) Francis William "Frank" Thompson (2 October 1885 – 4 October 1950) was an Irish international football player and manager who played professionally in Ireland, England and Scotland.
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Johnny Jameson John Charles "Johnny" Jameson (born 11 March 1958, Belfast) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Glentoran.
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Dicky Lunn Richard "Dicky" Lunn was a Republic of Ireland international footballer.
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Jimmy O'Neill (footballer, born 1931) James Anthony O'Neill (13 October 1931 – 15 December 2007) was an Irish international football goalkeeper. He played 405 league games in a 17-year career in the Football League, and also won 17 caps for the Republic of Ireland. Though only 5 ft , he was able to use his acrobatic ability to save the ball.
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Tony Dunne Anthony Peter "Tony" Dunne (born 24 July 1941) is an Irish former footballer who regularly appeared at left-back. He won 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962–1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969.
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Tim O'Keefe Timothy James "Tim" O'Keefe (or O'Keeffe) was a Republic of Ireland international footballer.
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Northern Ireland national football team The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921, the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State, although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name "Ireland" until the 1970s. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) organises the separate Republic of Ireland national football team.
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Jack Henderson (footballer) John "Jack" Henderson (31 July 1844 – 13 July 1932) was an Irish international footballer who played club football for Ulster as a goalkeeper.