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Birth | 13 January 1912, Golden, Ireland | |
Death | 28 January 1980 (aged 68 years) | |
Star sign | Capricorn |
Biography
William O'Donnell (13 January 1912 - 28 January 1980) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played for Golden-Kilfeacle and Éire Óg Annacarty and was the left wing-forward on the Tipperary senior hurling team that won the 1937 All-Ireland Championship.
A native of Golden, County Tipperary, O'Donnell was educated at Rockwell College, where he won a Harty Cup medal in 1930. He began his club career with Golden-Kilfeacle but won a Tipperary Senior Championship medal with Éire Óg Annacarty in 1943, after transferring to them in January of that year .
O'Donnell made his first appearance for the Tipperary senior hurling team during the 1934 Munster Championship and had a number of successes as a forward over the following decade. In 1937 he won an All-Ireland Championship medal when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny, having earlier won a Munster Championship medal. O'Donnell won a second Munster Championship medal in 1941.
Honours
- Rockwell College
- Dr. Harty Cup (1): 1930
- Éire Óg Annacarty
- Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1943
- Tipperary
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1937
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1937, 1941
- Munster
- Railway Cup (4): 1938, 1940, 1942 (c), 1943