Seán Foley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Seán Foley

Irish hurler

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: London

Profession: hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Seán Foley

  • Seán Foley (born 29 October 1949) is an Irish retired hurler whose league and championship career as a left wing-back with the Limerick senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1970 to 1983. Born in London, England, Foley was introduced to hurling when his family relocated to Patrickswell, County Limerick.
  • His father, John Foley, was an All-Ireland medal winner in the junior grade with Limerick in 1941.
  • Foley enjoyed All-Ireland success with the CBS Sexton Street team in 1966, while simultaneously joining the Patrickswell senior team.
  • In a club career that spanned 25 years he won two Munster medals and eleven county senior championship medals.
  • Foley was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. Foley enjoyed an unsuccessful underage career at minor and under-21 levels with Limerick before making his senior debut during the 1970-71 league.
  • Over the course of the next thirteen seasons he won one All-Ireland medal as Limerick won the title after a long absence in 1973.
  • Foley also won four Munster medals, one National Hurling League medal and was chosen as an All-Star in 1973.
  • He played his last game for Limerick in June 1983. Foley was chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for four consecutive years between 1972 and 1975, however, he failed to win a Railway Cup medal.

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