| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic Football |
| Johnny Creedon | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Críodáin |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 9 |
| Occupation: | Publican |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Macroom |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icyears: | 1954-1957 |
| Icapps(Points): | 9 (2-07) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 14:40, 12 April 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Macroom, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 29 March 2019 (aged 86) |
| Death Place: | Wilton, Cork, Ireland |
John Creedon (1932 – 29 March 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Macroom and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.
Creedon first played Gaelic football with Macroom, however, his career coincided with a barren spell for the club in terms of success.[1] He also lined out with the nearby Clondrohid club.[2]
Creedon first played for Cork as a member of the minor team in 1950. He later joined the junior team and was at full-forward when Cork beat Lancashire in the 1953 All-Ireland junior final.[3] This success earned Creedon an immediate call-up to the senior team. He won a National League title in 1956 before winning a Munster SFC title later that season.[4] The ultimate success eluded Creedon as Cork were beaten by Galway in the 1956 All-Ireland final.[5] His performances for Cork also earned inclusion on the Munster team in the Railway Cup.[6] Creedon's emigration brought a sudden end to his Cork career in 1957, however, he later lined out with the New York team.
Creedon initially worked as a cabinet maker before spending 13 years in New York City. After returning in 1970 he ran the Halfway House pub just outside Macroom.[7]
Creedon died at the Cork University Hospital on 29 March 2019, aged 86.[8]
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1953