Declan Browne
Irish Gaelic football player
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Declan Browne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and player who competed at inter-county level for Tipperary for 11 years. He currently plays his club football for Moyle Rovers.[1] He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.[2]
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| Born | 16 June 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Browne made his championship debut in 1996 in a Munster championship game against Kerry. Browne received Tipperary's first football All-Star in 1998 when he was picked at corner-forward after leading the Tipperary team to the Munster Football Final. Browne won his second All-Star award in 2003.[3] He has won seven Tipperary Senior Football Championship medals with his club, Moyle Rovers. He won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal in 1995, a Munster and All Ireland Minor Hurling medal in 1996 and a Munster U-21 Hurling medal in 1999 as well as a McGrath Cup medal in 2003 and was awarded the Munster footballer of the year award for that same year. He also won 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals. Browne captained Tipperary to win the 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup.[4] In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.[5]
Management
Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016.[6] His first game in charge was against Limerick on 8 March 2017 in the Munster Under-21 Football Championship which Tipperary lost 0–14 to 0–16.[7][8][9]
In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.[10][11]
Career statistics
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Tipperary | 1996 | Division 4 | 1 | 0-00 | - | 1 | 0-00 | |||
| 1997 | Group D | 3 (?) | 1-10 | - | 3 | 1-10 | ||||
| 1998 | Division 2 Group B | 4 | 2-29 | - | 4 | 2-29 | ||||
| 1999 | 1 | 0-04 | - | 1 | 0-04 | |||||
| 2000 | Not played | 1 | 0-08 | - | 1 | 0-08 | ||||
| 2001 | - | |||||||||
| 2002 | Division 2 Group B | 4 | 2-20 | 1 | 0-07 | 5 | 2-27 | |||
| 2003 | 2 | 1-16 | 2 | 1-18 | 4 | 2-34 | ||||
| 2004 | 6 | 2-48 | 1 | 1-03 | - | 7 | 3-51 | |||
| 2005 | 4 | 0-07 | 1 | 0-09 | 1 | 1-02 | 6 | 1-18 | ||
| 2006 | 7 | 2-31 | 1 | 0-05 | 1 | 0-04 | 9 | 2-40 | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 0-05 | - | 1 | 0-05 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 7-109 | 5 | 2-31 | 25 | 9-141 | ||||
Honours
- Moyle Rovers
- 7 Tipperary Senior Football Championship 199,5 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009
- 2 Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship 1998, 2007
- Tipperary
- 1 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
- 1 Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1996
- 1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1996
- 1 Munster Minor Football Championship: 1995
- 1 McGrath Cup: 2003
- 1 Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2000
- 1 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2000
- 1 Tommy Murphy Cup: 2005
- 1 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1999
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- 2 Fitzgibbon Cup: 1999 2000
- Munster
- 1 Railway Cup: 1999
- Individual
- 2 All Stars Awards 1998 2003
