Denis Hurley (hurler)

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Nativename
Donncha Ó hUrthuile (Irish)
Born (1933-05-10) 10 May 1933 (age 92)[1]
Riverstown, County Cork, Ireland
OccupationCompany director
SportHurling
Denis Hurley
Personal information
Native name
Donncha Ó hUrthuile (Irish)
Born (1933-05-10) 10 May 1933 (age 92)[1]
Riverstown, County Cork, Ireland
OccupationCompany director
Sport
SportHurling
PositionGoalkeeper
Club
Years Club
Sarsfields
Glanmire
Imokilly
Club titles
Cork titles 2
Inter-county
Years County Apps (scores)
1953-1962
Cork 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Denis Hurley (born 10 May 1933) is an Irish former hurler, Gaelic footballer and selector. At club he level he played with Sarsfields, Glanmire and Imokilly and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team.

Born and raised in Riverstown, Hurley's father had played with the Sarsfields club and was goalkeeper for the Cork junior hurling team that lost the 1929 All-Ireland junior final to Offaly.[2] It was as a student at Christian Brothers College that he became involved in athletics and he won Munster and national titles over 100 yards and 220 yards. After leaving school Hurley gave up athletics to concentrate on Gaelic games and he won Cork SHC titles with Sarsfields in 1951 and 1957.[3] He first appeared on the inter-county scene as sub-goalkeeper on the Cork minor hurling team during the 1950 Munster MHC.[4] Hurley later made a number of appearances for the Cork senior hurling team in the National Hurling League and various tournament games and was goalkeeping understudy to Mick Cashman for the 1962 Munster SHC.[5]

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