Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Mac Arcail | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born |
1943 Ballyphehane, Cork, Ireland | ||
Died |
28 October 2018 (aged 75) Wilton, Cork, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St Finbarr's | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 3 | ||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1965 | Cork | 0 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:49, 15 July 2014. |
Michael Archer (1943 – 28 October 2018 [1]) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county team. [2]
Born in Ballyphehane, Cork, Archer first played competitive football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. [3] He joined the senior panel during the 1965 championship and enjoyed a brief one-year inter-county career.[ citation needed]
At club level Archer was a three-time Munster medallist with the St Finbarr's senior hurlers. In addition to this he also won three championship medals.