Gene Desmond

Eugene "Gene" Desmond (born 1956) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Cork senior team lasted for the 1977-78 season.

Born in Cork, Desmond first played for the st. Finbarr's club at juvenile and underage levels before joining the senior team. In a club career that lasted over a decade, he won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and four county senior championship medals.

Desmond made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Cork minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, culminating with the winning of an All-Ireland medal as captain in 1974. Desmond subsequently joined the Cork under-21, however, his three seasons on that team ended without success. By this stage he had joined the Cork senior team and made his debut during the 1978 championship.