Tags: Gaelic Games Player.
Joe Salmon (born 1931 in Galway Ireland) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Liam Mellows in Galway and Glen Rovers in Cork. Salmon also played with the Galway senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1964. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.