| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Paddy Philpott | |
| Irish: | Pádraig Mac Philib |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 10 |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Blackrock |
| Clcounty: | 2 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Left wing-back |
| Icyears: | 1956-1958 |
| Icapps(Points): | 7 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 20:21, 15 April 2015 |
| Birth Date: | 1936 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Florida, United States |
Patrick Philpott (30 November 1936 – 20 March 2016) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team.[1] [2]
Born in Blackrock, County Cork, Philpott first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1956 championship. Philpott immediately became a regular member of the team and won one Munster medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Philpott won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Blackrock.
Throughout his career Philpott made 7 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1958 championship.
In 1956 Philpott was a key member of the Blackrock senior team that made a breakthrough after twenty-five years in the doldrums. A 2-10 to 2-2 defeat of Glen Rovers gave Philpott a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.
Five years later Blackrock enjoyed further success. A 4-10 to 3-7 defeat of divisional side Avondhu gave Philpott a second championship medal.
Philpott first played for Cork as a member of the minor hurling team on 23 May 1954 in a 4-6 to 1-4 Munster quarter-final defeat of Waterford.
On 10 June 1956 Philpott made his senior debut in a 5-9 to 2-12 Munster quarter-final defeat of Waterford. He later won a Munster medal after Christy Ring scored a hat trick of goals in the decider to secure a 5-5 to 3-5 victory. Cork subsequently advanced to an All-Ireland final meeting with Wexford on 23 September 1956. The game has gone down in history as one of the all-time classics as Christy Ring was bidding for a record ninth All-Ireland medal. The game turned on one important incident as the Wexford goalkeeper, Art Foley, made a miraculous save from a Ring shot and cleared the sliotar up the field to set up another attack. Nicky Rackard scored a crucial goal with two minutes to go giving Wexford a 2-14 to 2-8 victory.[3] [4]
Philpott's last game for Cork was a 2-6 to 2-4 Munster semi-final defeat by Tipperary on 22 June 1956.
In 1957 Philpott was included on the Munster inter-provincial panel. That year Munster faced arch rivals Leinster in the decider. Philpott was at left wing-back and collected a Railway Cup medal following a 5-7 to 2-5 victory.