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GAA Football Medals awarded to Raymond Hazley of Dublin including 1983 All Ireland Championship Meda

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GAA Football Medals awarded to Raymond Hazley of Dublin including 1983 All Ireland Championship Meda

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Auction Date:2013 Jan 26 @ 13:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
The collection of 18 GAA medals awarded to Raymond Hazley during his playing career with Dublin and St. Vincents. Including 1983 All Ireland Senior Football Championship winner's medal. 1985 All Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up medal. 1983, 1984 and 1985 Leinster Senior Football Championship winner's medal. All awarded to Dublin. 1984 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship medal awarded to St. Vincents. 1981 and 1984 Dublin Senior Football Club Championship medals and 1981and 1982 Dublin Senior Hurling Club Championship medals all awarded to St. Vincents. Also seven other St Vincents club medals including Under-21 Hurling and Football Championship, a 1976 Under-17 Dublin Schools Hurling Final medal awarded to St. Joseph's CBS Fairview and an unengraved GAA medal. (18 items)


Ray Hazley enjoyed a long career as a Gaelic footballer for Dublin and as a dual player for St. Vincents. He played a central role in the 1983 All Ireland Final as part of the full-back line for Dublin against Galway. The game has become known as the Game of Shame due to the on pitch absurdities which resulted in four players being sent off including Hazley. The match was played in a heated atmosphere from the beginning and shortly after Barney Rock had scored the first goal of the game Brian Mullins was sent off first for striking out at Brian Talty. Just before half time a mellee occoured in which a number players from both sides clashed beneath the Hogan Stand. John Gough, the referee decided to send one player off from each side, Ray Hazley being the unfortunate Dublin man. Hazley's final was over but the match continued and was won by Dublin, despite the fact they were reduced to only 12 players after Ciaran Duff was also sent off for kicking Galway's Pat O'Neill while he was on the ground. The final score 1-10 to 1-8. The 1983 final is one of the most infamous in the history of the GAA and is well remembered to this day for the ugliness which surrounded it. The GAA authorities were forced to act fast and deal with the controversy resulting in a total of six supensions for players and managers, Hazley receiving a one month ban.

Hazley was also a member of the 1984 and 1985 Dublin squads which reached All Ireland Finals played against Kerry and he enjoyed success with St. Vincent's teams that won Dublin and Leinster Senior Football and Hurling Club Championships. An extremely interesting collection of medals