Achille Boothman | |
Irish: | Achille Bútman |
Birth Date: | February 1939 |
Birth Place: | Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland |
Death Date: | 26 July 2018 (aged 79) |
Death Place: | Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 5 |
Sport: | Hurling |
Code: | Hurling |
County: | Dublin |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | St. Columba's Crumlin |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Dublin |
Icyears: | 1959–1968 |
Icposition: | Right wing-forward |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 16:23, 1 August 2018 |
Liam Boothman (February 1939 – 26 July 2018), better known as Achille Boothman, was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for club sides St. Columba's and Crumlin and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior hurling team.
After playing for the Dublin minor team for two unsuccessful seasons in 1956 and 1957, Boothman made his senior debut on 8 November 1959 in a National League defeat of recently crowned All-Ireland champions Waterford. Later that season he made his first championship start in a Leinster Championship semi-final draw with Wexford.
On 16 July 1961, Boothman was at right wing-forward when Dublin defeated Wexford by 7-05 to 4-08 to win the Leinster Championship. In the subsequent All-Ireland final on 3 September 1961, Boothman played in the same position against Tipperary. The game ended in chaos, with Dublin losing by a point.[1]