| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Bill Fitzgerald | |
| Irish: | Liam Mac Gearailt |
| Nickname: | Billy Fitz |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Bride Valley Éire Óg |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Colleges: | University College Cork |
| Fitz: | 1 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Centre-forward |
| Icyears: | 1914-1915 |
| Icapps(Points): | 6 |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1892[1] |
| Birth Place: | Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
William Fitzgerald (2 June 1892 - 17 December 1983) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Bride Valley and Éire Óg and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Fitzgerald first played hurling with the Bride Valley club before later lining out with the University College Cork while studying there. He was a member of the college team that won their very first Fitzgibbon Cup title.[2] Fitzgerald first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork junior hurling team that won the inaugural All-Ireland JHC title after a defeat of Westmeath in the 1912 All-Ireland junior final.[3] [4] [5] He progressed onto the Cork senior hurling team and was part of the team that lost the 1915 All-Ireland final to Laois.[6] After the amalgamation of the Bride Valley and Cloughduv clubs to create Éire Óg, Fitzgerald won a Cork SHC title with the new club in 1928.[7] By that stage he had become involved in the administrative affairs of the GAA and he became the first chairman of the Muskerry Divisional Board in 1925.[8]
Born in Geraldine Place in Cork, Fitzgerald was the second youngest child of ten born to Edward Fitzgerald and Johanna O'Donoghue.[9] His father was a member of Cork Corporation who also served as Lord Mayor of Cork.[10] His brother, Andy also played hurling with Cork as well as Blackrock, while another brother, Edward, was a member of the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Fitzgerald died in Clonakilty, County Cork on 17 December 1983, aged 91.[11]
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