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Noel McCaffrey
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Back
Born Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
? -?
 Clontarf
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
?-?
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles ?
All-Irelands 0

Noel McCaffrey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team.[1] Noel was awarded an All Star for his performances for Dublin in 1988.[2]

He studied medicine and is now a lecturer in the School of Health and Human Performance in Dublin City University.[1]

McCaffrey worked outside the University of Dublin as a director of Exwell medicine. He was a Sports Medicine Consultant to Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital and a medical consultant to Riverdance.[3]

He states his research interests are obesity, muscoskeletal injury in athletes, and exercise for special populations.[citation needed]

McCaffrey's son Jack would later play for Dublin too.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Downs, Declan (12 February 2009). "Rugby: McCaffrey follows in dad's sporting steps". The Evening Herald.
  2. ^ All Stars: GAA History Archived 1 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Health & Human Performance - Dr Noel McCaffrey, DCU, Ireland's University of Enterprise
  4. ^ Verney, Michael (1 September 2018). "Blistering pace, Simpsons references and keepy-uppies: Jack McCaffrey is no ordinary footballer". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Having followed in his father Noel's footsteps to represent the Dubs, his inter-county stock has always been high but All-Ireland final day hasn't exactly been a happy hunting ground for McCaffrey.
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