Art Foley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Airt Ó Foghlú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
14 December 1928 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Occupation | TWA crew chief | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St. Aidan's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Wexford titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1946-1957 | Wexford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
Michael Arthur "Art" Foley (born 14 December 1928) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Wexford senior team.
Born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Foley first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team. He joined the senior panel during the 1946-47 league. Foley later became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Foley won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a seven-time championship medallist with St. Aidan's.
Foley retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1957 championship.
Foley played his club hurling with his local St. Aidan's club and enjoyed much success. He won senior county titles in 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1956. His team mates at the club included the legendary Nick O'Donnell.
Foley first played for Wexford as a member of the minor team in 1946, however, he enjoyed little success in his grade. He was just out of the minor ranks when he was added to the Wexford senior team at the end of the year, and made his championship debut in the quarter finals of the 1947 Leinster Championship in a 3-12 to 2-10 victory over Laois. Fellow Wexford stars Bobby Rackard and Padge Kehoe also made their championship debutes in the same game. Confidence and inconsistency, however, was something he lacked in the early days when in the Wexford goal, which in turn meant that he was dropped on numerous occasions, and failed to maintain his position in the team. After Wexford's 6-7 to 3-4 defeat to Galway in the 1950-51 National Hurling League final. Foley was dropped from the starting team and indeed the squad for the duration of the 1951 hurling championship. Horeswood's Paddy Shannon, Rathnure's Jim Rackard, and UCD's Ray Brennan were tried as alternative replacements. Wexford went on to make the All-Ireland Final that year, but suffered a 7-7 to 3-9 loss to Tipperary. Foley was then reinstated as first choice goalkeeper in the 1951 Oireachtas Cup Final victory over Kilkenny.
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