Ger Hegarty

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Ger Hegarty
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born Limerick, Ireland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Occupation Bank official
Club(s)
YearsClub
1980s-2000s
Old Christians
Club titles
Limerick titles 2
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1980s-1990s
Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Ger Hegarty (born 1966 in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish former hurler who played with his local club Old Christians and was a member of the Limerick senior hurling team in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for Limerick in the 1994 All-Ireland final. [1]

He is the father of multiple All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Gearóid Hegarty. [2]

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References

  1. "Limerick GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. "The Limerick footballer who became Hurler of the Year". The 42. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.