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Place of Birth: Rathdowney, Leinster, Ireland
About Ned Wheeler
- Ned Wheeler (8 May 1932 – 6 June 2019) was an Irish hurler who played for Wexford Senior Championship club Faythe Harriers.
- He played for the Wexford senior hurling team for 16 years, during which time he usually lined out at midfield but was also deployed at full-forward.
- A master of the overhead stroke, his blonde hair and long, sweeping strides made him a cult hero of Wexford hurling.Wheeler began his hurling career at club level with St.
- Martin's.
- He was just 16-year-old when he enjoyed his first success when the club won the 1948 Wexford Junior Championship title.
- He later captained the club to the Wexford Minor Championship in 1950.
- Wheeler later transferred to the Faythe Harriers club, with whom he won Wexford Senior Championship medals in 1960, 1962 and 1965. At inter-county level, Wheeler joined the Wexford senior team as a 17-year-old in 1949.
- From his debut, he was ever-present either at half-back, midfield or full-forward and made numerous National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1965.
- During that time Wheeler was part of three All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1955, 1956 and 1960.
- He also secured seven Leinster Championship medals and two National Hurling League medals.At inter-provincial level, Wheeler was selected to play in several championship campaigns with Leinster, with Railway Cup medals being won in 1954, 1956 and 1964.
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