Paul Fitzsimons

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Paul Fitzsimons
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born County Cavan, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Maghera MacFinns
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Cavan
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Paul Fitzsimons is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team.

County career

Paul Fitzsimons lined out at corner forward in the 1952 victorious final. he played in the drawn game and was introduced as sub for John Joe Cassidy in the replay and went on to score 1pt. Cavan went on to celebrate a 0–9 to 0–5 win. [1]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)