 Dalton playing for Dublin in 1985 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Forward, midfield | ||
| Hurling Position: | Forward, midfield | ||
| Born | Dublin | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Vincents | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1980s–1990s | Dublin | ||
Shane Dalton is a former Dublin hurler and Gaelic footballer who played with St Vincents GAA club and the Dublin senior hurling team. As of 2014, he was a selector for the Dublin senior camogie team. [1]
A member of St Vincents GAA club, Dalton played with the St Vincents minor hurling team that won the Dublin minor championship in 1982. [2] A dual player, he won senior titles in hurling and football with the club. [2]
Dalton played minor, under-21 and senior hurling and Gaelic football for Dublin. He was mainly a forward but also played in midfield.
Dalton was a member of the Dublin Minor All-Ireland hurling team in 1983. [3] This team, which included Niall Quinn, won the 1983 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship. [4] [5]
He had his debut with the Dublin Senior hurlers, playing against Tipperary in October 1983.[ citation needed ] Dalton played for Dublin in the National Hurling League in the late 1980s, [6] and he won Division 2 National League hurling medals with Dublin in 1989 and 1997.[ citation needed ] He was a member of the Dublin hurling squad during the 1997 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship [4] and 1998 National Hurling League. [7] His last senior game was against Westmeath in 1999.[ citation needed ]
Dalton also played with the Dublin Senior footballers. [8] In 1991, he was a sub for Dublin in a series of replayed games against Meath in the 1991 Leinster Senior Football Championship.[ citation needed ]
He was selected to represent Leinster and was on the Leinster team that won the 1988 Railway Cup Hurling Championship. [9]
Dalton was the manager of the St Vincents hurling team that won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship in 2002. [4] In 2011 he managed the senior camogie team in St Vincents. [10] This team went on to win the Division 1 league three times, [11] and were runners up in three championship finals. [12] As of 2014, Dalton was a selector for the Senior Dublin camogie team. [13] [14]
Former Dublin hurlers John Treacy and Shane Dalton have come on board as selectors
[Heery and Dalton played] Together on the St Vincents minor hurling team that won the Dublin championship in 1982. More championships would follow. Under-21 hurling and football, senior football in 1984 and 1985, senior hurling in 1988. They both made the Dublin Under-21s in 1984, picking up a Leinster championship
Shane Dalton (St Vincent's) A member of the Dublin Minor All Ireland Hurling team of 1983
[Dalton] was involved with Vincent's when they last won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship in 2002. Shane [Dalton] managed the side with Frankie Devlin, Stephen Clancy and Christy [Sweets] [..] Dalton in action for Dublin during the 1997 Leinster SHC quarter-final against Westmeath
Dual star Shane Dalton has opted to stake his claim for a place on the Dublin county football panel instead of the hurlers
Shane Dalton was a forward [..] He's been managing the St Vincent's camogie side [..] He guided them to the last three county finals. They lost to Ballyboden in all three