James Cronin (11 June 1919[1] – 25 October 1993) was an Irish Gaelic football player and coach who played for club side Collins and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
Around this time he also had successes at club level, winning three County Championship titles with the Collins Barracks side.
[citation needed] Born in Milltown, County Kerry, Cronin moved to Cork to join the Irish Army.
In 1938 he was a sergeant in the Guard of Honour at Spike Island when the Treaty Ports were handed back to the state.
His brothers, Timmy, Paddy and John Cronin, were also members of the Defence Forces, while the latter also played Gaelic football for Cork before later winning All-Ireland titles with Kerry.