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Pat Fox
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1961-07-08) 8 July 1961 (age 63)[1]
Annacarty,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Publican
Club(s)
Years Club
1979–2005
 Éire Óg Annacarty
Club titles
Tipperary titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1980–1996
 Tipperary 37 (13–98)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 2
NHL 2
All Stars 3

Patrick Fox (born 8 July 1961) is an Irish former hurling manager and player. At club level he played with Éire Óg Annacarty and at inter-county level was a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.[2]

Club career

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Fox began his career at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player with the Éire Óg Annacarty club before eventually progressing to adult level. He had his first senior success in 1981 when he won a West Tipperary SHC medal after a 0–14 to 0–7 win over Cappawhite in the final.[3] Fox added a second West Tipperary SHC medal to his collection five years later in 1986. He top-scored with 1-01 in the 2-09 to 1-10 defeat of Golden–Kilfeacle.[4] Fox's club career was drawing to a close when he won a Tipperary IHC title after a 0–9 to 1–5 win over Silvermines in 1994.[5]

Inter-county career

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Fox began his inter-county career with Tipperary during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level in 1978 and 1979. He was in his final season as a minor when he was drafted onto the Tipperary under-21 team and ended the year with an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2–12 to 1–9 win over Galway in the final.[6] It was the first of three successive winners' medals for Fox, as he was also involved when Kilkenny had All-Ireland final defeats in 1980 and 1981.[7]

Fox joined the senior team in 1980 and made his debut in a Munster SHC semi-final defeat by Cork.[8] He suffered a cruciate ligament injury[disambiguation needed] in 1982, an injury which resulted in him being off the Tipperary team for the following two seasons.[9] He played with Tipperary's junior team in 1984, before returning to the senior team a year later.

Fox won his first Munster SHC medal after a 4–22 to 1–22 extra-time defeat of Cork in 1987.[10] He was the championship's overall top scorer that year with 3–45, while he also won his first All-Star award. Fox added a National Hurling League medal and a second consecutive Munster SHC medal to his collection the following year.[11] He later lined out at wing-forward in the 1–15 to 0–14 defeat by Galway in the 1988 All-Ireland SHC final.[12] Fox claimed a third successive Munster SHC medal in 1989. He later won his first All-Ireland SHC medal after scoring 1–2 from corner-forward in the 4–24 to 3–9 defeat of Antrim in the 1989 All-Ireland SHC final.[13] Fox ended the season with a second All-Star award.

After surrendering their titles in 1990, Fox won a fourth Munster SHC medal in five seasons after a 4–19 to 4–15 defeat of Cork. He later claimed a second All-Ireland SHC medal after scoring five points and being named man of the match in the 1–16 to 0–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the 1991 All-Ireland SHC final.[14] He ended the season with a third All-Star award, and was also named Hurler of the Year.[15] Fox won a fifth and final Munster SHC medal in 1993. He added a second National Hurling League title to his collection in 1994, in what proved to be his last silverware with the Tipperary senior team. Fox retired from inter-county hurling following Tipperary's defeat by Limerick in the 1996 Munster SHC final replay.

Inter-provincial career

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Fox's performances at inter-county level resulted in his selection for Munster in their 1982 Railway Cup semi-final defeat by Connacht.[16] It was the first of five appearances for the Munster team; however, all of them ended with semi-final defeats.

Managerial career

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Fox was in the twilight of his club career when he became involved in team management. He was player-manager with the Éire Óg Annacarty intermediate team in 2004.[17]

Honours

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Éire Óg Annacarty
Tipperary

References

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  1. ^ "The players fact-file". Conancht Tribune. 2 September 1988. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Pat Fox". Hogan Stand. 2 August 1991. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. ^ "1981 West Tipperary Senior Hurling Final". Tipperary Studies. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  4. ^ "1986 West Tipperary Senior Hurling Final". Tipperary Studies. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  5. ^ "1994 Intermediate hurling champions" (PDF). Seámus J. King website. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Under-21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Do not miss Tipperary legend Pat Fox on 'Laochra Gael' this week". Tipperary Live. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  9. ^ "'I was told to have an operation on my knee or play away'". Irish Independent. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Famine ending trip to Killarney to be remembered 30 years on". The Nenagh Guardian. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Senior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  12. ^ "8 classic memories from Galway and Tipperary's senior hurling championship rivalry". The 42. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Tipperary's 1989 heroes will be honoured by the GPA on the eve of this year's All-Ireland senior hurling final". Tipperary Live. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Rivalry seeking renaissance". Irish Independent. 17 August 2002. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Miss the Pat Fox episode of Laochra Gael last night? It's here in full". The 42. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Comfotable win for Éire Óg". Tipperary Star. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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