death_date icposition birth_date code nhl club feet name fullname clyears birth_place inches county sport nickname allstars clposition icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title irish
9 march 1996 goalkeeper 13 july 1937 hurling 2 thomastown 5 ollie walsh patrick oliver walsh 1950s -- 1970s thomastown , county kilkenny 11 kilkenny hurling ollie 3 goalkeeper 10 -lrb- 1 as sub -rrb- kilkenny 1956 -- 1972 5 -lrb- 1 as sub -rrb- leinster ollie walsh
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ollie walsh

patrick oliver walsh -lrb- 13 july 1937 -- 9 march 1996 -rrb- , better known as ollie walsh , was an irish sportsperson .
he played hurling with the kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1956 until 1972 and subsequently served as manager of the team from 1990 until 1995 .
walsh is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all-time .
walsh 's status as one of the all-time greats is self-evident .
he had a style uniquely his own , coupled with great skill and ability , and as a hurler he was colourful , flamboyant , acrobatic and heroic .
in a senior inter-county career that lasted for sixteen years he won four all-ireland titles , nine leinster titles , two national hurling league titles and four railway cup titles .
walsh has also been the recipient of many awards and honours off the field .
in 1967 his hurling prowess earned him the prestigious texaco hurler of the year award , thus becoming the first goalkeeper to win the title .
he also won three consecutive poc fada titles in 1962 , 1963 and 1964 and was considered unlucky not to be named on either the gaa hurling team of the century or the gaa hurling team of the millennium .
as a manager walsh has had much success with his own native county .
between 1990 and 1995 he guided kilkenny to back-to-back all-ireland titles , three leinster titles and a national hurling league title .
