Noel McCaffrey
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Back | ||
| Born | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
? -? | Clontarf | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
?-? | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | ? | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
Noel McCaffrey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team.[1] Noel was awarded an All Star for his performances for Dublin in 1988.[2]
He studied medicine and is now a lecturer in the School of Health and Human Performance in Dublin City University.[1]
McCaffrey worked outside the University of Dublin as a director of Exwell medicine. He was a Sports Medicine Consultant to Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital and a medical consultant to Riverdance.[3]
He states his research interests are obesity, muscoskeletal injury in athletes, and exercise for special populations.[citation needed]
McCaffrey's son Jack would later play for Dublin too.[4]
References
- ^ a b Downs, Declan (12 February 2009). "Rugby: McCaffrey follows in dad's sporting steps". The Evening Herald.
- ^ All Stars: GAA History Archived September 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Health & Human Performance - Dr Noel McCaffrey, DCU, Ireland's University of Enterprise
- ^ Verney, Michael (1 September 2018). "Blistering pace, Simpsons references and keepy-uppies: Jack McCaffrey is no ordinary footballer". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
Having followed in his father Noel's footsteps to represent the Dubs, his inter-county stock has always been high but All-Ireland final day hasn't exactly been a happy hunting ground for McCaffrey.
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