Nick O'Donnell
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Nioclás Ó Dónaill | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 4 September 1925 Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Died | 1988 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland |
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| Nickname | Nicko | ||
| Occupation | Roadstone employee | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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Éire Óg St. Aidan's |
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| Club titles | |||
| Wexford titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1947–1950 1951–1962 |
Kilkenny Wexford |
0 (0-00) 35 (0-00) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:25, 16 July 2013. | |||
Nicholas "Nick" O'Donnell (4 September 1925 – 1988) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny and Wexford senior teams.
Born in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, O'Donnell first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Kilkenny junior team. He joined the senior team for the 1947 championship, however, after failing to secure a place on the starting fifteen he later joined the Wexford team. O'Donnell went on to play a key part for Wexford during a golden age for the team, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals. An All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions, O'Donnell also captained the team to All-Ireland victory in 1955 and 1960.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team for five years, O'Donnell won just one Railway Cup medal. At club level he won seven championship medals with St. Aidan's, having earlier played for Éire Óg.
After a fifteen year inter-county career, O'Donnell retired from inter-county hurling following Wexford's defeat by Tipperary in the 1962 championship
O'Donnell is widely regarded as the undisputed greatest full-back in the history of the game. During his playing days he was named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1960. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at full-back on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
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