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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Séamus Ó Briain | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born | Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Thurles Blues | |||
Club titles | |||
Tipperary titles | 6 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1904-1912 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 |
Jim "Hawk" O'Brien was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Tipperary senior team. [1]
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, O'Brien first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Tipperary senior team. He made his senior debut during the 1904 championship. O'Brien went on to play a key role for the team over the next decade, and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level O'Brien was a six-time championship medallist with Thurles.
His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1912 championship.
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