Denis Coughlan

Denis Coughlan, born on 7 June 1945 and died on 5 June 2026, was an Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Cork Senior Championship clubs Glen Rovers and St Nicholas'. As a dual player he played for the Cork senior teams for 15 years as a back, a midfielder and a forward, and he is regarded as one of Cork's greatest-ever dual players. His club career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s, with All-Ireland Club Championship medals won with Glen Rovers in 1973 as captain and again in 1977, plus four Munster Club Championship medals and seven Cork County Championship medals across both codes. At inter-county level he won the 1964 All-Ireland junior football title with Cork and the 1966 All-Ireland under-21 hurling title, and he made 53 combined Championship appearances.