Paul O'Connor (hurler) explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Paul O'Connor
Irish:Pól Ó Conchubhair
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Club:Na Piarsigh
Clcounty:2
Counties:Cork
Icposition:Midfield
Icyears:1986-1992
Icapps(Points):6 (0-3)
Icprovince:0
Icallireland:0
Nhl:0
Allstars:0
Icupdate:18:53, 20 September 2012
Birth Date:29 March 1963
Death Date:20 September 2012 (aged 49)
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Ireland

Paul O'Connor (29 March 1963 – 20 September 2012) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.[1]

O'Connor joined the panel during the 1986 championship and became a regular player over the following three seasons. During that time he failed to claim any honours. He hurled for Cork between 1987 and 1990 but was deprived of an All-Ireland medal after suffering a serious knee injury just months before Cork's famous "double" of the Liam McCarthy and Sam Maguire Cups. But for this serious injury, O'Connor would have been one of the outstanding hurlers of the 1990s.

At club level O'Connor was a two-time county club championship medalist with Na Piarsaigh.

With University College Cork O'Connor won five consecutive Fitzgibbon Cup winners' medals. He is regarded as one of the competition's greatest-ever players.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shock as Fitzgibbon Cup legend dies. 21 September 2012. Irish Examiner. 21 September 2012.
  2. News: Cork quartet make team of the century. 1 February 2012. Irish Examiner. 21 September 2012.