fullname code clposition club county counties icposition icyears sport icallireland article_title name irish
angela downey-browne camogie corner-forward st paul 's and lisdowney kilkenny kilkenny corner-forward 1970 -- 1995 camogie 12 angela downey
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angela downey

angela downey-browne -lrb- born 1957 , kilkenny -rrb- is a retired irish sportsperson .
she played camogie at various times with her local clubs , st paul 's camogie club based in kilkenny city and lisdowney , and was a member of the kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1994 .
downey is regarded as the greatest player in the history of the game .
downey 's reputation as one of the all-time greats of camogie is self-evident .
in a senior inter-county career that lasted for a quarter of a century she won twelve all-ireland medals , thirteen leinster medals and eight national league medals .
with her two clubs st. paul 's and lisdowney she collected a huge haul of twenty-two county titles and six all-ireland club medals .
downey was also presented with a number of personal awards during her career .
in 1977 she was honoured with the prestigious b&i player of the year award .
almost a decade later in 1986 downey became only the third camogie player ever to be presented with a texaco award .
in 2004 her reputation as the greatest player of all-time was further cemented when she was named on the camogie team of the century .
