Eddie O'Brien (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Briain | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born |
12 January 1945 Passage, County Cork |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Nickname | Eddie O | ||
| Occupation | Corporate security | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1963-1972 | Passage | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1965-1970 | Cork | 12 (7-10) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
Eddie O'Brien (born January 12, 1945 in Passage West, County Cork) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Passage and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s.
Eddie O'Brien was born in Passage West, County Cork in 1945. He was educated locally and later worked in the boatyards in Passage. In 1972 O'Brien retired from hurling and emigrated to the United States where he settled down with his American wife of Irish and Italian descent. He had a highly successful career in corporate security and retired in 2007. O'Brien now divides his time between his family home in Queens and his holiday homes in Northern New Jersey and Florida. He is active in his church parish as well as beautifying his neighborhood. He remains in excellent physical condition and enjoys biking, swimming, nature walks and golf, however, fishing is his real passion.
O'Brien played his club hurling with his local club in Passage. He enjoyed some success at juvenile levels before moving onto the club’s top team. Passage played in the county intermediate championship and last won the title in 1960, prior to O'Brien's playing days. He played with the club's tp team throughout the 1960s and 1970s, however, he enjoyed little success apart from a city division senior football title in 1969. O'Brien was regarded as a better Gaelic footballer than a hurler and is considered to be Passage's greatest ever footballer.
O'Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team in the early 1960s. He lined out for Cork in this grade in 1963, however, his side was defeated in the early rounds of the championship. In 1964 O'Brien was a key member of both the Cork under-21 hurling team. Success was slow in coming but the big breakthrough for Cork and O'Brien came in 1966. That year he won a Munster title with the under-21 team following a 5-12 to 2-6 defeat of Limerick . The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork play Wexford in an interesting encounter. After an entertaining sixty minutes of hurling both sides finished level with Cork scoring 3-12 to Wexford’s 5-6. The replay took place shortly afterwards, however, both sides finished all square again with 4-9 apiece. A second replay had to be played to eventually find a winner. At the third time of asking Cork emerged victorious with a huge tally of 9-9 to 5-9. This victory gave Cork their first All-Ireland title in this grade and gave O'Brien an All-Ireland under-21 medal.
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