Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Jimmy McNamara | |
Irish: | Séamus Mac Conmara |
Occupation: | Shopkeeper |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Cahir |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icyears: | 1918–1926 |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Birth Date: | 1893 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Death Place: | Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
James McNamara (5 April 1893 – 21 August 1929) was an Irish association footballer and Gaelic footballer. His championship career at senior level with the Tipperary county team spanned eight years from 1918 to 1926.[1]
McNamara made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-five when he was selected for the Tipperary senior team, making his debut during the 1918 championship. The highlight of McNamara's inter-county career came in 1920 when he won an All-Ireland medal. He also won two Munster medals.