His league and championship career with the Cork senior teams as a dual player lasted ten years from 1943 until 1953.
Healy subsequently joined the Clonakilty club, winning senior football championship medals in 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1952.
He ended his career with the Ballincollig club, winning a divisional football championship medal in 1964.
Healy made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he was selected for the Cork senior hurling team during the 1943 championship.
As a member of the Cork senior football team, Healy won an All-Ireland medal in 1945.