Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Gus Harrington | |
Irish: | Agaistín Ó hArrachtáin |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 9 |
Nickname: | Gussie |
County: | Cork |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | St Finbarr's |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | Right wing-back |
Icyears: | 1964-1966 |
Icapps(Points): | 2 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 00:01, 15 July 2014 |
Birth Date: | 1943 |
Birth Place: | Togher, Cork, Ireland |
Gus Harrington (born 1943) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Cork county team.[1]
Born in Togher, Cork, Harrington 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.[2] He made his senior debut during the 1964 championship. Harrington had a brief inter-county career and won one Munster medal as a non-playing substitute.
At club level Harrington played with St Finbarr's.
Throughout his inter-county career, Harrington made just two championship appearances for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1966 championship.