Bill O'Donnell (hurler)

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.[1]

Bill O'Donnell
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Dónaill
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born William O'Donnell
(1912-01-13)13 January 1912
Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died 28 January 1980(1980-01-28) (aged 68)
Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation National school principal
Club(s)
Years Club
 Golden-Kilfeacle
Éire Óg Annacarty
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1934-1944
 Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0

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 [2].

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
Éire Óg Annacarty
Tipperary
Munster

References
  1. "Tribute to Tipperary's 'Golden Schoolmaster'". Cork Examiner. 30 January 1980. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. The Nationalist (Tipperary) 1889-current, Saturday, January 23, 1943; Page: 6
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