Steva Riordan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Stiofán Ó Riordáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Half-forward | ||
| Born | 1876 Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
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| Nickname | Steva | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Dungourney Blackrock |
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| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1902-1908 | Cork | 21 | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Stephen "Steva" Riordan (born 1876) was an Irish hurler who played as a half-forward for the Cork senior team.
Riordan made his first appearance for the team during the 1902 championship and was a regular member of the starting seventeen until his retirement after the 1908 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. An All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions, Riordan captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1903.
At club level Riordan won multiple county club championship medals with Dungourney and Blackrock.
Riordan made his debut for Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final defeat of Galway in the delayed 1902 championship. He later lined out in the All-Ireland decider against London. The game was played in Cork to mark the opening of the new Cork Athletic Ground. Having been shocked by the same opposition the previous year Cork made no mistake on this occasion and powered to a 3-13 to 0-0 victory. It was Riordan's first All-Ireland medal.
1903 saw Riordan being honoured with the captaincy of the Cork senior hurling team. He won his first Munster medal that year as Cork trounced Waterford by 5-16 to 1-1. For the third successive year Riordan's team faced London in the All-Ireland final. Cork were well on top for the entire game and secured a 3-16 to 1-1 victory. It was Riordan's second consecutive All-Ireland medal.
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