Joe Young (dual player)

{{Short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer (1933–2023)}}

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| name = Joe Young

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| birth_place = Donnycarney,
Dublin, Irish Free State

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|11|15}}

| death_place = Barna,
County Galway, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|5|6|1933|11|15}}

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| occupation = Army officer

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| province = Connacht

| clubs = St. Vincent's
An Chéad Cath

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Galway (SH)
Galway (SF)

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| icyears = 1953–1954
1955–1958
1955–1961

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Joseph Young (15 November 1933 – 6 May 2023) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with St. Vincent's and An Chéad Cath, and also lined out as a dual player at inter-county level with various Dublin and Galway teams.

Career

Young first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He simultaneously progressed to adult level with the St. Vincent's club as a dual player and won Dublin SHC medals in 1954 before completing a SHC-SFC double in 1954. Young later lined out with An Chéad Cath in Galway.{{cite web|url=http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter179.html|title=Pen Pictures of the Men Who Will Don the Galway Jerseys|publisher=Connacht Tribune|date=6 October 1956|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=|archive-date=6 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106212815/http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter179.html|url-status=dead}}

Young first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Dublin. He later progressed to the Dublin junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1952.{{cite web|url=http://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P87-91-%E2%80%93-All-%E2%80%A6e-Junior-Hurl.pdf|title=Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=}} Young spent a number of years with the Dublin senior hurling team before transferring to the Galway senior teams as a dual player. As a hurler, he suffered All-Ireland final defeats against Wexford in 1955 and Tipperary in 1958. As a Gaelic footballer, Young won six consecutive Connacht SFC medals. He also claimed an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956.{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile|title=Galway profile|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=}}

Personal life and death

Born in Donnycarney, Young enlisted in the Defence Forces as a member of 27 Cadet Class and was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1954. He spent his early years with An Chéad Cath in Galway, before later serving in a variety of appointments throughout the Defence Forces.{{cite web|url=https://arcoireland.com/col-joe-young-rip/|title=Col Joe Young RIP|publisher=ARCO Ireland website|date=7 May 2023|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=}}

Young died on 6 May 2023, at the age of 89.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41133685.html|title=Galway football mourns All-Ireland winner Joe Young|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=7 May 2023|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/0507/1381245-former-galway-all-ireland-winner-joe-young-dies-aged-90/|title=Former Galway All-Ireland winner Joe Young dies aged 90|publisher=RTÉ News|date=7 May 2023|accessdate=8 May 2023|first=|last=}}