Frankie Nolan

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Frankie Nolan
Personal information
Irish name Proinsias Ó Nualláin
Sport Hurling
Position Forward
Born Francis Nolan
1950
Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Patrickswell
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1971-1983
Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
All Stars 0

Frankie Nolan (born 1950) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Patrickswell [1] and with the Limerick senior inter-county team in the 1970s. [2] He won an All Ireland medal in 1973 and was on the losing side n the final in 1974. He has the distinction of opening the scoring, with points from play, in both finals. He won three Munster Medals in 73,74 and 81, as a sub.

Career statistics

TeamYear National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Limerick 1970-71 Division 1A x0-0100-00x0-01
1971-72x0-0100-00x0-01
1972-73x5-0822-0220-03x7-13
1973-74x1-0921-0110-01x2-11
1974-75x1-0520-05x1-10
1975-76 Division 1B x1-0000-00x1-00
1976-77 Division 1A x0-0010-00x0-00
1977-78 Division 1B x0-0020-02x0-02
1978-79 Division 1A x0-00x0-00x0-00
1979-80x0-00x0-00x0-00x0-00
1980-81x0-00x0-0020-02x0-02
1981-82 Division 1B xx-xxx0-00xx-xx
1982-83 Division 2 xx-xx10-01xx-xx
1983-84 Division 1 xx-xxx0-00xx-xx
1984-85xx-xxx0-00xx-xx
Career totalxx-xxx3-11x0-06xx-xx

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References

  1. "Patrickswell - History" . Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. "Tales of '73 Immortals". Limerick Leader . 31 August 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2010.