Ray Sampson (hurler)

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Ray Sampson
Personal information
Irish name Réamann Samsún
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-forward
Born 1965
Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland
Occupation Business owner
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Garryspillane
Limerick Club, New York
Club titles
New York titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1984-1993
 Limerick 10 (2-06)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:58, 9 December 2021.

Raymond Sampson (born 1965) is an Irish former hurler who played at club level with Garryspillane and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

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Career

Sampson first came to prominence as a hurler at juvenile and underage levels with the Garryspillane club before eventually progressing onto the club's top adult team. [1] During his club career he claimed championship medals in the junior and intermediate grades, while he also won two senior titles with the Limerick Club in New York. Sampson also represented the St. Flannan's College team in his youth and won consecutive All-Ireland Colleges Championship titles in 1982 and 1983, having earlier won consecutive Harty Cup titles. [2] [3] He first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Limerick minor hurling team in 1983, before winning a Munster Under-21 Championship title in 1986. Sampson was a regular with the Limerick senior team for almost a decade, during which time he won two National Hurling League titles. [4]

Honours

St. Flannan's College
Garryspillane
Limerick Club, New York
Limerick

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References

  1. ↑ "Garryspillane HC". Club info website. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Championship Preview: Clare and Limerick? The only differences between us are those little idiosyncrasies, those unique emblems, which distinguish us all as our own separate little tribe in the wider hurling family". Irish Examiner. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Harty Cup team of the millennium". Irish Independent. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Limerick's 1992 NHL final win - Ray Sampson's knock-out blow and the end of radio days". Limerick Leader. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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