A Cork GAA immortal, Ger Fitzgerald's legacy can't be quantified by counting medals
FULL FLOW: Ger Fitzgerald of Cork races away from Tipp's Bobby Ryan during the 1990 Munster final. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile
How is possible to quantify what somebody like Ger Fitzgerald -- who has died after an illness -- contributed to Midleton, to Cork, to hurling? You could look at the numbers, and the numbers are impressive.
He won two Celtic Crosses, the second of which made him one of the immortals of 1990. There were three Munster titles, the third of which saw him captain Cork to victory over Limerick in a packed Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1992. A national league medal followed in 1993, the last year he donned the blood and bandage, and there was an Oireachtas medal in his first year in red and white in 1985. He scored 11-22 in 21 championship appearances for Cork.
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