[1] At club level he played with Delanys, Blackrock and St. Michael's and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Born and raised in Cork, MacCurtain first played hurling and Gaelic football as a schoolboy with Coláiste Iognáid Rís.
He was a member of the school team that won the Dean Ryan Cup in 1974 before securing a Harty Cup-Corn Uí Mhuirí double in 1975.
By that stage MacCurtain had already joined the club's senior team and was a used substitute when Blackrock were beaten by St. Finbarr's in the 1974 final.
[4] He became a regular member of the starting fifteen the following year and was at right wing-back for the defeat of Glen Rovers in the 1975 final.
[10] Blackrock retained the Cork SHC title after a win over St. Finbarr's in the 1979 final, with MacCurtain being named man of the match after claiming his third winners' medal.
MacCurtain began his inter-county career as a dual player at minor level in 1974 and ended the season with two All-Ireland medals as Cork completed the double following defeats of Kilkenny and Mayo.
[26] MacCurtain ended the season with a third All-Star after lining out at left-wing back in the defeat of Offaly in the 1984 All-Ireland final.
[29] MacCurtain's performances at inter-county level resulted in his selection for Munster in their 1979 Railway Cup semi-final defeat by Connacht.