Pearse Piggott

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Pearse Piggott
Personal information
Irish name Piaras Piogóid
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1961
Gort, County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Businessman
Club(s)
YearsClub
Gort
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Connacht titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1980-1988
Galway 7 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Pearse Piggott (born 1961) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder for the Galway senior team. [1]

Piggott joined the team during the 1980-81 National League and was a regular member of the team for much of the next decade. During that time he won one National Hurling League winners' medal on the field of play as well as back-to-back All-Ireland winners' medals as a non-playing substitute.

At club level Piggott is a two-time Connacht medalist with Gort. In addition to this he has also won two county club championship medals.

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References

  1. "Profile: P Piggott". GAA info website. Retrieved 1 September 2012.