Dick Morrissey (hurler)

Dick Morrissey
Personal information
Irish name	Risteard Ó Muireasa
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-forward
Born	1895 Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Craughwell
Club titles
Galway titles	4
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1923-1929	Galway
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

Richard "Dick" Morrissey (born 1895) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Galway senior team.

Morrissey made his first appearance for the team in the early 1920s and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for much of the rest of the decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal as Galway claimed their first championship in 1923.^[1] Morrissey was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.

At club level Morrissey was a four-time county club championship medalist with Craughwell.

References

↑ "Galway GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

Dick Morrissey navigation boxes

Galway – 1923 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 J. Mahony 2 T. Fleming 3 J. Power 4 M. Derivan 5 M. Gill 6 E. Gilmartin 7 J. Garvey 8 M. Kenny (c) 9 J. Morris 10 I. Harney 11 D. Morrissey 12 M. King 13 L. McGrath 14 A. Kelly 15 B. Gibbs Trainers J. Berry T. Kenny

Galway – 1924 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Mahony 2 M. Derivan 3 I. Harney 4 J. Power 5 A. Kelly 6 B. Gibbs 7 E. Gilmartin 8 M. Kenny (Capt.) 9 J. Morris 10 M. King 11 T. Fleming 12 D. Morrissey 13 L. McGrath 14 J. Garvey 15 J. Keogh

Galway – 1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Mahony 2 J. Stanford 3 J. Fallon 4 M. Derivan 5 A. Kelly (Capt.) 6 M. Broderick 7 P.J. Morrissey 8 I. Harney 9 M. King 10 P. O'Donnell 11 M. Connaire 12 M. Houlihan 13 D. Morrissey 14 J. Shaughnessy 15 P. Rooney Subs P. Finn

Galway – 1928 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Mahony 2 M. Derivan 3 I. Harney 4 J. Power (Capt.) 5 P. Green 6 R. McCann 7 J. Shaughnessy 8 D. Morrissey 9 P. Gilligan 10 M. Broderick 11 F. Kealy 12 M. Cunnigham 13 W. Curran 14 M. King 15 T. Mullins Subs J. Deely

Galway – 1929 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 J. Mahony 2 P. Clarke 3 T. Fleming 4 J. Shaughnessy 5 W. Keane 6 L. Geoghegan 7 F. Keely 8 M. Cunningham 9 I. Harney 10 C. Cooney 11 P. Corcoran 12 J. Derivan 13 D. Morrissey 14 W. Derivan 15 J. Deely Subs M. Broderick A. Furey

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