Joe Waldron

Joe Waldron (born 1951 in Milltown, County Galway) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Milltown and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1970s.

Joe Waldron
Personal information
Irish name Seosamh de Bhaldraithe
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-back
Born Milltown, County Galway
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1968-1984
1973-1974
 Milltown
UCD		 37 Apps. (2-6)
Club titles
Galway titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
 UCD
College titles
Sigerson titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1970s
 Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2

In 1972, Waldron captained Galway to win their first All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship when they defeated Kerry in the final. He lost two consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals with Galway after being beaten by Cork in 1973 and Dublin the following year in 1974. He was a member of both of Milltown's Galway Senior Football Championship winning teams in 1971 and 1981, playing alongside his brother John in both finals.[1]

Waldron was also a part of the successful UCD team of the early 1970s. He won two Sigerson Cups with the side in the 1972/73 and 1973/74 seasons. This was the same all-conquering University team that won the Dublin Senior Football Championship, Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in the 1973/74 season.

The Combined Universities Gaelic Football Team that played in the final of the GAA Inter-Provincial Championship, the Railway Cup, on 17 March 1973 at Croke Park, Dublin

On St. Patrick's Day, 1973, Waldron played on the Combined Universities football team that defeated his own native Connacht in the Railway Cup final, the only Universities team to win the Inter-Provincial Championship in football or hurling.

Waldron served as a selector for the Galway senior team in the early 1990s under John Tobin's management term.

Honours
Galway
Milltown
UCD
Combined Universities
  • Railway Cup : 1 (1973)

References
  1. "Galway GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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