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D. J. Stapleton
Personal information
Irish name D. S. Mac an Ghaill
Sport Hurling
Position Forward
Born Daniel John Stapleton
(1886-05-14)14 May 1886
Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died 21 September 1968(1968-09-21) (aged 82)
Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Garda superintendent
Club(s)
Years Club
Erin's Own
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1904-1907 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 3

Daniel John Stapleton (14 May 1886 – 21 September 1968) was an Irish hurler. His championship career with the Kilkenny senior team lasted four seasons from 1904 until 1907, during which time he captained the team to the 1905 All-Ireland Championship.

Born outside Callan, County Kilkenny, Stapleton first played competitive hurling with Callan CBS. He later joined the Erin's Own club in Kilkenny, with whom he won a county championship medal in 1905.

Stapleton made his debut on the inter-county scene during the 1904 championship. Over the course of the following four seasons he won three All-Ireland medals as well as three Leinster medals. Stapleton also featured prominently on the Kilkenny teams that won the Railway Shield outright after three successive victories.

In his private life Stapleton qualified as a chemist and opened a business in Kilkenny . An active member of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence, he later supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and joined the National Army. Stapleton joined the Garda Síochána in 1932 and rose through the ranks to become head of the Technical Branch as well as the official State ballistics expert.

Honours

Erin's Own
Kilkenny

References

  1. "Dan Stapleton (Kilkenny)". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
D. J. Stapleton navigation boxes
Sporting positions
Preceded byJer Doheny Kilkenny Senior Hurling Captain
1905
Succeeded byDick Walsh
Achievements
Preceded byJer Doheny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
winning captain

1905
Succeeded byTom Semple
Kilkenny - 1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (1st title)
Sub used
J. Dunne for D.J. Stapleton
Subs not used
J. J. Brennan
P. Clohessy
Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p83. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Kilkenny - 1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)
Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p83. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.
Kilkenny - 1907 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (3rd title)
Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p83. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.
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