John Doyle (hurler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish hurler, born 1930
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Place of Birth: Holycross, Munster, Ireland
About John Doyle (hurler)
- John Doyle (12 February 1930 – 29 December 2010) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.Born in Holycross, County Tipperary, Doyle first played competitive hurling whilst at school in Thurles CBS.
- He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team.
- He made his senior debut in the 1947-48 National League.
- Doyle went on to play a key part for Tipperary during a hugely successful era for the team, and won eight All-Ireland medals, ten Munster medals and ten National Hurling League medals. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team for fifteen years, Doyle won six Railway Cup medals.
- At club level he won three championship medal with Holycross-Ballycahill. For almost fifty years Doyle, together with Christy Ring, held a unique record as the only players to win eight All-Ireland medals on the field of play.
- This record was subsequently surpassed by Henry Shefflin.
- His record of National League medals has yet to be equalled. Throughout his career Doyle made 54 championship appearances, a Tipperary record which stood until 9 August 2009 when it was surpassed by Brendan Cummins.
- His retirement came following Tipperary's defeat by Kilkenny in the 1967 championship. Doyle is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
- During his playing days he won two Cú Chulainn awards, as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1964.
- He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-back on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
- He was a Fianna Fáil senator from 1969 to 1973.
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