D.J. Stapleton

D.J. Stapleton, born Daniel John Stapleton and living from 14 May 1886 to 21 September 1968, was an Irish hurler from outside Callan, County Kilkenny, whose championship career with the Kilkenny senior team lasted four seasons from 1904 until 1907 and who captained the team to the 1905 All-Ireland Championship. He first played hurling with Callan CBS and later joined Erin's Own in Kilkenny, winning a county championship medal in 1905. Over four seasons he won three All-Ireland medals and three Leinster medals and featured on the Kilkenny teams that won the Railway Shield outright after three successive victories. Away from hurling he qualified as a chemist, took part in the War of Independence and later joined the National Army, then joined the Garda Síochána in 1932 and became head of the Technical Branch and the official State ballistics expert.