Frank Cogan

Frank Cogan, whose full name is Matthew Francis Cogan, was born on 15 June 1944 and is an Irish former Gaelic football player and coach. At club level he played with Nemo Rangers, winning three All-Ireland Club Championship titles, and he usually lined out as a defender. He won a Sigerson Cup with University College Cork in 1966 and played for Cork at minor, under-21 and senior level, making his senior debut against Dublin during the 1965-66 league and playing at left corner-back in Cork's 1973 All-Ireland Championship success. A serious leg injury ended his inter-county career in 1974. He later coached the Cork minor team to the 1976 All-Ireland final and the Cork senior team to a league final in 1979, and was defensive coach when Cork won two All-Ireland titles between 1987 and 1990.