Billy Fitzpatrick
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Mac Giolla Phádraig | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Half-forward | ||
| Born |
6 April 1954 Johnstown, County Kilkenny |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Nickname | Fitz | ||
| Occupation | Plant operator | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1972-1993 | Fenians | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 4 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1974-1985 | Kilkenny | 34 (11-109) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Billy Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1954 in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club the Fenians and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1986. Fitzpatrick captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title in 1975.
Billy Fitzpatrick was born in Johnstown, County Kilkenny in 1954. From an early age he showed great skill at the game of hurling. He was educated locally and later attended St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny city, a secondary school and noted nursery for young hurling talent. It was here that his hurling skills were further developed. Fitzpatrick first tasted success when he won an All-Ireland Colleges’ title with Kieran’s in 1971. He was captain of the side the following year when the college lost to Farranferris of Cork.
Fitzpatrick played his club hurling with Fenians club in Johnstown. He had much success at underage levels before joining the senior team in the early 1970s. In all he won four Kilkenny SHC titles with the club in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1977. Fitzpatrick also won a Leinster club hurling title in 1974, but lost to St. Finbarr's of Cork in the All-Ireland final.
By the early 1970s Fitzpatrick had come to the attention of the Kilkenny inter-county selectors and he quickly joined the minor team. In 1972 he won his first All-Ireland medal when the Kilkenny minors beat the Cork minors in the final. Fitzpatrick quickly moved onto the Kilkenny under-21 team where he won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1974 and 1975. These were Kilkenny’s first titles at under-21 level.
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