Tony Nation

Anthony Nation, known as Tony, is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer born on 15 July 1963. He first played competitive Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with Nemo Rangers and, after progressing to the club's senior team, enjoyed a hugely successful era that brought All-Ireland club medals in 1984, 1989 and 1994, four Munster medals and four county senior championship medals. He made his inter-county debut at twenty with the Cork minor team, won an All-Ireland Under-21 medal in 1984, and joined the Cork senior team during the 1984 championship. His league and championship career with Cork lasted nine years from 1984 to 1992 and included back-to-back All-Ireland successes in 1989 and 1990, four successive Munster medals and one National Football League medal. He was an unused substitute on the Munster inter-provincial team in 1991 and ended his career without a Railway Cup medal.