Jim Fives
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Tourin, County Waterford, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus de Fibhís | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born |
10 April 1929 Tourin, County Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Died |
17 December 2020 (aged 91) Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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Tourin An Chéad Cath | |||
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| Football | Hurling | ||
| Galway titles | 1 | 0 | |
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | ||
1949–1954 1955–1959 |
Waterford Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
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James Fives (10 April 1929 – 17 December 2020) was an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Waterford and Galway senior teams lasted ten years from 1949 until 1959.[1] In 1984, Fives was named as captain on a special Hurling Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.[1][2]
Born in Tourin, County Waterford, Fives was the youngest of five boys. He was educated locally and later attended Lismore CBS where he played competitive hurling for the school. Fives played at underage levels with the Tourin club, before winning a county football championship medal with An Chéad Chath in 1951. He had earlier played at club level with The Curragh before finishing his club career with Castlerea.