Johnny Creedon

Johnny Creedon (John Creedon, 1932 to 29 March 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Macroom and also lined out with the nearby Clondrohid club, and who was a member of the Cork senior football team. He first played for Cork at minor level in 1950, then moved to the junior team and was at full forward when Cork beat Lancashire in the 1953 All-Ireland junior final, which earned him a call-up to the seniors. He won a National Football League title in 1955-56 and a Munster Senior Football Championship title in 1956, but Cork lost the 1956 All-Ireland final to Galway. He was also picked for Munster in the Railway Cup. Emigration ended his Cork career in 1957, and he later played for New York. Away from the game he worked as a cabinet maker, spent 13 years in New York City, and after returning in 1970 ran the Halfway House pub near Macroom.