Christy Ring
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Críostóir Ó Rinn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born |
30 October 1920 Kilboy, Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Died | 2 March 1979 (aged 58) Morrison's Island, Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Nickname | Ringey | ||
| Occupation | Oil delivery man | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1938–1940 1941–1967 |
Cloyne Glen Rovers |
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| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 14 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1939–1962 | Cork | 65 (33–208) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:05, 17 May 2008 (UTC). | |||
Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring (30 October 1920 – 2 March 1979), better known as Christy Ring, was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many championship records, including career appearances (65), scoring tally (33-208) and number of All-Ireland medals won (8), however, these records were subsequently bested by Brendan Cummins, Eddie Keher and Henry Shefflin respectively. Ring is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one player of all time.
Born near Cloyne, County Cork, Ring first played competitive hurling following encouragement from his local national school teachers Michael O'Brien and Jerry Moynihan. He first appeared on the Cloyne minor team at the age of twelve before later winning a county minor championship medal with the nearby St. Enda's team. A county junior championship medal with Cloyne followed, however, a dispute with club officials saw Ring join Glen Rovers in Blackpool in 1941. Over the next twenty-six years with the club, Ring won one Munster medal and fourteen county senior championship medals. As a Gaelic footballer with the Glen's sister club, St. Nicholas', he also won a county senior championship medal. He retired from club hurling at the age of forty-six following a victory over University College Cork in the 1967 championship quarter-final. Over the course of his senior championship career Ring estimated that he played in 1,200 games.
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