Mick Scannell

Michael Scannell, born in Ballyvourney, County Cork, in 1949, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned five seasons from 1969 to 1973. He first played Gaelic football in his youth and appeared for the Naomh Abán club at underage levels, winning a host of divisional minor and under-21 championship medals, followed by county junior and intermediate championship medals. As a member of the Muskerry divisional team he won a county senior championship medal in 1970. He made his debut on the inter-county scene with the Cork minor team in 1967, winning an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute that year, then won an All-Ireland under-21 medal in 1970 and became a member of the extended senior panel.