Willie John Daly

Willie John Daly, who lived from 25 January 1925 to 29 November 2017, was an Irish hurler and coach from Carrigtwohill, County Cork, who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior team. He joined the Cork junior team at twenty-two and made his senior debut in the 1947 championship, immediately becoming a regular and winning three All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals, with two All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won three Railway Cup medals with Munster and several junior and intermediate championship medals with Carrigtwohill, and also played for the divisional side Imokilly. He made 26 championship appearances and retired after the 1957 championship. He later trained the Carrigtwohill senior team and took over as coach of the Cork senior team.