'Everyone puts Brian Corcoran and Tommy Walsh and rightly so in that bracket as the greatest versatile players of all time. John Conlon in my eyes has to be one of the greatest versatile players.'
Clare coach Brendan Bugler has said that John Conlon’s versatility puts him alongside the game’s greatest ever players.
“Then he was asked to go back centre-back, goes back centre-back and wins his All Star and wins his All-Ireland now as well. Hassett said: “We were all in agreement because John actually would have played centre-back for the club maybe two or three years prior, Sean Stack was the manager and John played centre back there.
“There was a lot expected after that and rightly so,” said Bugler. “The reality is we just didn't perform for a variety of reasons to be able to live up to expectations.
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