green apples (1976), Good days and good friends (1985), and Happy hours (1994. Award schemes He was involved in the establishment and development of many Irish sports awards, including the All-Stars and the GAA Player of the Month scheme. His roles included chair of the Association of Sports Journalists of Ireland (ASJI), and being prominent in the International Sports Press Association, and the International Association of Olympic Historians (ISOH) as well as being a former chairman of the Rugby Writers of Ireland. Marriage and death He married Phyllis (‘Phyl’) Ludgate from Dublin in 1947, a relation of the Irish champion weight thrower Tom Ludgate; they had three children. He died after a short illness in the Mater Hospital on 14 October 2000, and was cremated after a funeral service in St Mary's Church of Ireland, Howth. References External links Irish Independent The man from Duhallow 1921 births 2000 deaths Sportspeople from County Cork Irish sports journalists Irish broadcasters Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Irish male shot putters Olympic athletes of Ireland