Denis Bernard (Gaelic footballer)

Denis Bernard
Personal information
Irish name	Donncha Ó Bearnáin
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Centre-back
Born	1932 Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s-1960s	Doheny's
Club titles
Cork titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1951-1957	Cork	16 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NFL	2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:28, 12 April 2012.

Denis Bernard (born 1932) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.

Bernard joined the team during the 1951 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a number of seasons until his retirement following the completion of the 1959 championship. During that time he won two National League medals and two Munster medals but failed to capture an All-Ireland medal.^[1]

Bernard also enjoyed a lengthy club career with Doheny's and UCC.

References

↑ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

Cork – 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Tyers 2 P. O'Driscoll 3 D. O'Sullivan (c) 4 D. Murray 5 P. Harrington 6 D. Bernard 7 M. Gould 8 S. Moore 9 E. Ryan 10 D. Kelleher 11 N. Duggan 12 P. Murphy 13 T. Furlong 14 N. FitzGerald 15 J. Creedon Subs used É. Goulding for P. Murphy Subs not used L. Power D. O'Sullivan B. O'Sullivan P. Murphy

Cork – 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 L. Power 2 M. Gould 3 D. Bernard 4 D. Murray 5 P. Harrington 6 P. O'Driscoll 7 J. J. Henchion 8 E. Ryan 9 S. Moore 10 J. O'Sullivan 11 N. FitzGerald 12 T. Furlong 13 É. Goulding 14 N. Duggan (c) 15 D. Kelleher Subs used F. McAuliffe for J. O'Sullivan Subs not used T. O'Callaghan D. O'Sullivan C. O'Shea M. McCarthy

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