Tony Davis (Gaelic footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Skibbereen, Munster, Ireland
About Tony Davis (Gaelic footballer)
- 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 UĂ MhuirĂ 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. After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1987, Davis was a regular on the starting fifteen for a number of years.
- During that time he lost four Railway Cup finals. In retirement from playing Davis combined his policing career with a new position as a sports broadcaster and as a coach.
- His media career began with RTÉ in 1995, where he acted as a co-commentator and studio analyst with the flagship programme The Sunday Game.
- Davis stepped down from this position in 2013.
- During this time he also served as a coach with the Douglas team.
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