Paddy Ruschitzko
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born |
29 April 1917 New York City, United States |
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| Died | 4 March 2004 (aged 86) | ||
| Nickname | Rusty | ||
| Occupation | Mill manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1930s–1950s | Clonad | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1930s–1950s | Laois | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Paddy "Rusty" Ruschitzko (29 April 1917 – 4 March 2004) was an American-born Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Clonad and was a member of the Laois senior inter-county team from the 1930s until the 1950s. Ruschitzko captained Laois in their last All-Ireland final appearance in 1949.
Patrick Ruschitzko was born in New York City in 1917. The son of a Polish father and an Irish mother, Ruschitzko was brought up in Muine Bheag, County Carlow, where his mother brought the family on the death of her husband.
Ruschitzko was educated locally, however, the family later moved to Mountmellick, County Laois. It was here that his hurling skills were first noted. Ruschitzko, however, later emigrated to England for a period. On his return he joined the staff of Irish Worsted Mills in Portlaoise. He ended up as manager of the mills and remained there until the firm's closure in 1973. He married Lillian Dunne and had three children, two girls and one boy who died at a very young age.
Paddy Ruschitzko died 4 March 2004.
With his club, Clonad, Ruschitzko won over 20 major honours and was part of the three-in-a-row team that won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 1946, ‘47 and ‘48.
Having moved to live in Mountmellick, he starred on the Laois minor team which was denied All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship glory in 1934 in the final, which Tipperary won by one point after a long period of injury time.
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