Martin Codd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Máirtín Mac Oda | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born | 1929 Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland |
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| Died | 2 May 2008 Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Rathnure | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Wexford titles | 1 | 3 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1949–1965 | Wexford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 65 | ||
| All-Irelands | 56 | ||
| NHL | 58 | ||
Martin Codd (1929 – 2 May 2008) was an Irish singer, author and hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Wexford senior teams.
Martin Codd made his first appearance for the team during the 1949 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement before the 1965 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, one Leinster medal and ine National Hurling League medal. Codd was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Codd was a three-time county club championship medalist with Rathnure.
Codd's grandson, Paul Codd, was also an All-Ireland medalist with Wexford.
Codd played his club hurling and Gaelic football with Rathnure and enjoyed much success in a lengthy career.
In 1950 he was a key member of the team as Rathnure reached only their third championship decider ever. A 5-10 to 2-6 defeat of old rivals St. Aidan's gave Codd his first championship medal.
Two years later in 1952 Codd was captain of the Rathnure senior football team. A defeat of Gusserane O'Rahilly's gave him a Wexford Senior Football Championship medal.
It was 1955 before Rathnure qualified for another hurling championship decider and four-in-a-row hopefuls St. Aidan's provided the opposition once again. A close game developed, however, a 2-9 to 2-5 victory gave Codd a second championship medal.
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