Caleb Crone

Caleb Crone (29 November 1919 to 8 January 1958) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at left corner-back. Born in Rochestown, County Cork, he joined the Air Corps in 1937 and first came to prominence with the Air Corps club before linking up with St Mary's in Saggart. He joined the Dublin senior football team in late 1941 and lined out in the 1942 All-Ireland final, in which Dublin beat Galway by 1-10 to 1-08 for their first title in 19 years. He later transferred to the Cork senior team and collected a second winners' medal when Cork beat Cavan by 2-05 to 0-07. He won two Railway Cup medals with the Leinster and Munster inter-provincial teams and was posthumously named on the Cork Team of the Century. Away from football he worked for Aer Lingus as a technician in simulator training, and he died at the age of 38.