Jim Greene

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Jim Greene
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó hUaine
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1950
Waterford, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
1960s-1980s
Mount Sion
Club titles
Waterford titles 8
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1968-1986
Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 1

Jim Greene (born 1950) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Waterford senior team. [1]

Greene joined the team in 1968 and became a regular player until his retirement in 1986. During that time he appeared in numerous Munster finals but ended his career without any major honours. He won an All-Star award in 1982. [2] He also lined out for Waterford in the minor and under-21 grades.

At club level Greene enjoyed a successful career with Mount Sion, winning a Munster club winners' medal and eight county club championship winners medal.

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References

  1. "Jim Greene is named Philips Sports Manager of the Month". Waterford News & Star. 30 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. "Waterford's All-Star record getting stronger". Waterford News and Star. 3 November 2006. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2011.