Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Flor Hayes | |
Irish: | Flor Ó hAodha |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 10 |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Clonakilty |
Clyears: | 1961–1972 |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1964–1969 |
Icapps(Points): | 12 (2–5) |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 17:50, 14 July 2014 |
Birth Date: | 1944 |
Birth Place: | Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
Death Date: | 27 June 2014 (aged 70) |
Death Place: | London, England |
Florence G. Hayes (1944 – 27 June 2014) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior football team.[1]
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Hayes first played competitive football during his schooling at St. Mary's College. 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.[2] He made his senior debut during the 1964 championship. Hayes went on to play a key role over the next few years and won two Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.[3]
Hayes was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he enjoyed a decade-long career in both codes with Clonakilty.
His brother, Tim F. Hayes, also played football for Cork.
Throughout his inter-county career, Hayes made 12 championship appearances for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1969 championship.