Donal Hurley
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born |
1936 Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
(aged 85) Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Occupation | National school teacher | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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Erin's Hope St Finbarr's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 3 | 1 | |
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1959–1960 | Cork | 3 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
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Donal Hurley (1936 – 21 January 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, hurler and coach. At club level played with club sides Lees, Erin's Hope and St Finbarr's, and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
Hurley first played Gaelic football for Cork as full-forward on the minor team during the unsuccessful 1954 Munster MFC campaign.[1] A year later, he was part of the St Finbarr's team that won the Cork SHC title after beating Glen Rovers in the final.[2] Hurley added a Cork SFC medal to his collection in 1956, while he also had the distinction of winning a Dublin SFC title with Erin's Hope the same year, as his teacher-training studies in the capital made him eligible to play with the club.[3]
After returning to Cork, Hurley resumed his club career with St Finbarr's in 1957. He won a second Cork SFC title that year, before claiming a third winners' medal as team captain in 1959.[4] By that stage, Hurley had joined the Cork senior football team. He served as team captain in 1960.[5]
Coaching career
In retirement from playing, Hurley became involved in team management and coaching. He was a selector when St Finbarr's beat St Michael's to win the Cork SFC in 1976.[6] He was also a selector when St Finbarr's became All-Ireland Club SFC champions in 1987.[7]