Micky Cross

{{short description|Irish hurler (1902–1977)}}

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Michael Cross (4 March 1902 – 17 July 1977) was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back and as a left corner-back for the Limerick senior team.{{cite news|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/libraries/limerick-city-library/reading-room/sport/micky-cross.pdf|title=Great Limerick Athletes: No 147 – Micky Cross of Claughaun|publisher=Limerick website|access-date=4 October 2011}}

Cross made his first appearance for the team during the 1923 championship and became a regular player over the next decade-and-a-half. During that time he won two All-Ireland winner's medals, five Munster winner's medals and four National Hurling League winners' medals.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/limerick/Profile.aspx|title=County profile: Limerick|publisher=Hogan Stand website|access-date=4 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525185227/http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/Profile.aspx|archive-date=25 May 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/|title=Munster Senior Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328073637/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sh_teams/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead}}

At club level, Cross played with Claughaun and won two county championship winners' medals in a career that spanned three decades.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Gleeson also won four Railway Cup winners' medal when he was picked for the Munster inter-provincial teams and also represented Ireland in the Tailteann Games.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}