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Marcus Wilson (1932 – 22 March 2023) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler. At club level, he played with St. Vincent's and was also a member of the Dublin senior teams as a dual player.

Career

Wilson first played Gaelic football and hurling as a schoolboy at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. His performances in the various schools' competitions earned his inclusion on the Leinsterurling team that won the All-Ireland colleges' title in 1949. Wilson subsequently joined the St. Vincent's club and won nine Dublin SFC titles and four Dublin SHC titles during a golden age for the club.

Wilson first appeared on the inter-county scene as sub-goalkeeper on the Dublin minor football team that won the Leinster MFC title in 1949. He became a dual player at senior level and was a substitute on the Dublin senior hurling team that lost to Cork in the 1952 All-Ireland final, having earlier won a Leinster SHC title. Wilson later won three National League titles with the Dublin senior football team and was at full-back when Derry were beaten in the 1958 All-Ireland final.

Personal life and death

One of four children born to Marcus Wilson, a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising who later had a career in the Defence Forces, Wilson was educated at St. Joseph's CBS in Fairview. He later became managing director of Heritage Tours Ltd.

Wilson died at St. Francis Hospice in Blanchardstown on 22 March 2023, at the age of 91.

Honours

St. Vincent's

• Dublin Senior Hurling Championship: 1953, 1954. 1955, 1957
• Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1958
• Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1958
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1952
• National Football League: 1952-53, 1954-55, 1957-58
• Leinster Minor Football Championship: 1949

Leinster

• All-Ireland Colleges' Senior Hurling Championship: 1949

References

1. "Honour for Rush GAA legend - the mighty Seamus McGuinness". Irish Independent. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
2. "Friendship means most to Mark". Sunday Independent. 24 August 1975. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
3. Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "Dublin's sweet sixteenth - How 16 years of hurt was finally ended in 1958". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
4. "Dublin honour 1958 All-Ireland winners". Hogan Stand. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
5. "Mark Wilson: an Athy man in the Easter Rebellion". Kildare Heritage website. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
6. "Former All-Ireland winning full back Marcus Wilson dies aged 91". Irish Times. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

• 1932 births
• 2023 deaths
• St Vincents (Dublin) hurlers
• St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers
• Dublin inter-county hurlers
• Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
• Gaelic football goalkeepers
• Dual players
• 20th-century Irish sportsmen