Donie Nealon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Dónal Ó Nialláin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born | December 1935 Newtown, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Burgess UCD |
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| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1958-1969 | Tipperary | 35 (22-42) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 6 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:33, 11 March 2014. | |||
Donie Nealon (born December 1935) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Newtown, County Tipperary, Nealon first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Flannan's College. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty he joined the Tipperary junior team. He made his senior debut during the 1958 championship. Nealon went on to play a key role for Tipperary for over a decade, and won five All-Ireland medals, eight Munster medals and six National Hurling League medals. Nealon was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Nealon won four Railway Cup medals.
Nealon played his club hurling with his local Burgess-Youghlarra club, however, he enjoyed little success here. He also played club hurling with UCD and won a senior county title in the 1960s.
Nealon first came to prominence on the inter-county scene in 1958 as a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team. That year he won his first Munster title following a trouncing of Waterford in the provincial final. Nealon later lined out in his first All-Ireland final with Galway providing the opposition. The game turned into a rout as Tipp scored four goals against the wind in the first-half. One of those goals came from the hurlery of Nealon himself. Tipp won the game by ten points giving Nealon his first All-Ireland medal. In 1959 Nealon began the year by winning his first National Hurling League title. It was the first of a three-in-a-row for Tipp and Nelaon made a huge contribution to all those victories. Although he tasted league success Tipp made an early exit from the 1959 championship.
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