Jody Grace

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Jody Grace
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1967-11-09) 9 November 1967 (age 57)
Toomevara,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
YearsClub
1984-1997
 Toomevara
Club titles
Tipperary titles 3
Munster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1991-1995
 Tipperary 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Jody Grace (born 9 November 1967 [1] ) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Toomevara, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Tipperary teams.

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Career

Grace first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Toomevara club, winning numerous championship titles from under-12 up to under-21 level. He was just 17-years-old when he was part of the Toomevera team that won the Tipperary IHC title in 1984. Grace later won three successive Tipperary SHC medals from 1992 to 1994. [2] He was captain of the team for the second of these victories, when Toomevara also claimed the Munster Club SHC title before later losing the 1994 All-Ireland club final to Sarsfields. [3] [4]

Grace first appeared on the inter-county scene with Tipperary as goalkeeper on the minor team beaten by Cork in the 1985 Munster final. He later spent one season with the under-21 team. Grace was goalkeeper for the Tipperary junior team that beat Galway in the 1989 All-Ireland junior final. [5] He earned promotion to the senior team following this victory and was sub-goalkeeper to Ken Hogan when Tipperary won the All-Ireland SHC title after beating Kilkenny in the 1991 final. [6]

Grace continued as sub-goalkeeper for a number of seasons and claimed a second Munster SHC medal in 1993 before winning a National League medal on the field of play in 1994. [7] He was first-choice goalkeeper that season and made his only championship appearance in a defeat by Clare. Grace broke a finger prior to the start of the 1995 Munster SHC, an injury which saw him being replaced by Brendan Cummins as goalkeeper. [8]

Honours

Toomevara
Tipperary

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References

  1. ↑ "The cream of the Premier". Kilkenny People. 30 August 1991. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "3 in a Row after a 32 Year Gap". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "In the last 11 finals between 1992 and 2002, Toomevara and Thurles Sarsfield have competed in nine of them. Toomevara were in eight winning seven while Sarsfields have appeared in four finals finishing runners up in all". Irish Independent. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sunday is Toome day". Irish Independent. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Senior All Ireland Winning TeamsTeams". Premier View website. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cummins' understudies". Irish Independent. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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