Peter Donohoe (Gaelic footballer)

Peter Donohoe, who died in April 2004, was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team as a full forward in the 1940s and early 1950s. He was a prolific free taker and his eight points from frees were crucial in Cavan's famous 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final victory at the Polo Grounds in New York, where he was named man of the match and described in the New York press as the Babe Ruth of Gaelic football. He helped Cavan retain the title the following year with a score of two goals and two points against Mayo, and he won a National Football League medal in the 1949-50 season. He is Ulster's all-time leading goalscorer with 17 goals, and at the Anglo-Celt GAA Sports Awards held in May 1990 he also received the Hall of Fame award.