He added two more senior medals to his collection in 1956 and 1959.

All his senior medals were won in a period of just thirteen years.

In 2010 another seven players joined the group by winning U-21 and senior medals that year.

He won his first senior medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a new personal best time of 45.16 seconds.

Then he went one better and got his hands on an All-Ireland senior medal.

In 2005 he suffered with an injury during the start of the year, but he managed to win his first senior medals.

A tactically well run race in the final and a strong finish lead him to third place and his first major senior medal.

Later that year he came on as a substitute in the Munster final to claim his first senior provincial medal.

He won four senior county championship winners' medals in all, with these victories coming in 1919, 1922, 1923 and 1926.

He is the only player ever to win a minor medal and senior medal in two consecutive years.