Paul Shelley (hurler)
Irish hurler
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Paul Shelley (born 25 April 1976)[1] is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Killenaule and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.
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| Born | 26 July 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Shelley first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Killeanaule club. He progressed to adult level and won a South Tipperary SHC as a substitute in 2005, after a 0–14 to 0–13 win over Ballingarry in the final.[2]
At inter-county level, Shelley first played for Tipperary during a three-year tenure with the minor team. He was part of the team that won the Munster MHC title in 1993.[3] Shelley subsequently progressed to the under-21 team and was at full-back when Tipperary beat Kilkenny by 1-14 to 1-10 in the 1995 All-Ireland U21 HC final.[4] He captained the team in his third and final season in the grade in 1997.
Shelly was still part of the under-21 team when he joined Tipperary's senior team in 1996. He won an All-Star award in 1997 for his role in Tipperary's run to the All-Ireland SHC final, which effectively ended with a defeat by Clare.[5][6] He won a National Hurling League medal in 1999. Shelley left the Tipperary panel and moved to the United States in February 2001.[7] After being beset with back and leg pains brought on by sciatica the following year, Shelley made a brief return to the Tipperary panel in January 2003.[8][9]
Honours
- Killenaule
- Tipperary
- National Hurling League (1): 1999
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1995
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1995
- Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1993
- Awards
- All-Star Awards (1): 1997