Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Antaine Dáibhis | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born |
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland |
29 November 1964 ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Nickname | Tony | ||
Occupation | Crime prevention officer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
O'Donovan Rossa | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 1 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1984-1994 | Cork | 28 (0-03) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 7 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Anthony Davis (born 29 November 1964), better known as Tony Davis, is an Irish former Gaelic football coach, retired player and former sports broadcaster. His league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned ten seasons from 1984 to 1994.
Born in Skibbereen, County Cork, Davis first played competitive Gaelic football at St. Fachtna's De La Salle College. Here he won a Corn Uí Mhuirí medal in 1982, however, an All-Ireland medal remained elusive. He first appeared for the O'Donovan Rossa club at juvenile and underage levels, before winning a county under-21 championship medal in 1984. A county intermediate championship medal was won in 1985, before Davis won a county senior championship medal in 1992. This victory was followed by a Munster medal before Davis won an All-Ireland medal with the club in 1993.
Davis made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal in 1981. Davis subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1984 and 1985. He also won an All-Ireland medal with the junior team in 1984. By this stage Davis had also joined the Cork senior team, making his debut during the 1984-85 league. Over the course of the next ten years, he won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1989 and 1990. Davis also won seven Munster medals and one National Football League medal. He played his last game for Cork in August 1994. Towards the end of his career Davis was joined on the Cork team by his brother, Don.