a 2-05 to 0-07 win over Cavan in the 1945 All-Ireland final. He was Cork's third All-Ireland-winning captain and the first to receive the Sam Maguire Cup. Cork surrendered their All-Ireland title at the first hurdle with a defeat by Kerry in the 1946 Munster Championship, before losing back-to-back provincial finals to the same opposition over the following two years. Crowley was switched to the left corner-back position for the 1949 Munster Championship and claimed a third winners' medal after a 3-06 to 0-07 win over Clare in the final. The subsequent All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Cavan was Crowley's last championship game for Cork. Munster Crowley's performances for Cork in 1943 earned a call-up to the Munster team for the 1944 Railway Cup. After being omitted from the team the following year, he was once again selected in 1946 and captained the team to a 3-05 to 1-09 defeat of Leinster. The provincial team surrendered their title to Ulster, however, Crowley claimed his second Railway Cup title in 1948 after a 4-05 to 2-06 win over Ulster in the final. Personal life Crowley was born in Clonakilty, West Cork, the youngest of eight children born to John and Julia Crowley (née Twohig). After his education he worked as a van driver. Crowley married Sheila Crowley and they had two sons. Crowley died at his home in Clonakilty on 3 December 1963, after suffering a stroke while attending the weekly meeting of the Clonakilty Coursing Club. At just 42-years-old he was the third member of the 1945 All-Ireland-winning team to die. Honours Clonakilty Cork Senior Football Championship: 1939, 1942 (c), 1943 (c), 1944 (c), 1946, 1947, 1952 Cork All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1945 (c) Munster Senior Football Championship: 1943 (c), 1945 (c), 1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1939 Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1939 Munster Railway Cup: 1946 (c), 1948 References 1921 births 1963 deaths Clonakilty Gaelic footballers Clonakilty hurlers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers All-Ireland-winning captains (football) Gaelic football referees