death_date icposition birth_date code nhl club death_place feet name occupation fullname birth_place inches county icleinster sport allstars icmunster clubs counties icyears icallireland province article_title irish
20 january 1995 left wing-back 10 december 1899 hurling 4 croom garda toomevara borrisokane , county tipperary , ireland 5 garrett howard garda garrett howard patrickswell , county limerick , ireland 11 limerick 3 hurling 1 5 croom garda toomevara limerick dublin tipperary limerick 1921 1933 -- 1936 -- 1923 1924 -- 1929 1929 -- 1932 5 munster garrett howard
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garrett howard

garrett howard -lrb- 10 december 1899 -- 20 january 1995 -rrb- was an irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the limerick , dublin and tipperary senior teams .
born in patrickswell , county limerick , howard first excelled at hurling in his youth .
he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the limerick senior team , before later lining out with the dublin and tipperary sides before returning to the limerick colours .
he made his senior debut in the 1921 championship .
howard went on to enjoy a fifteen-year inter-county career , and won five all-ireland medals , five munster medals , three leinster medals and four national hurling league medals .
he was an all-ireland runner-up on two occasions .
howard represented the munster and leinster inter-provincial teams at various times , winning two railway cup medals during that period .
at club level he won eight championship medals , playing with a host of clubs including croom , garda and toomevara .
with ireland howard won two tailteann games medals , while he also represented his country in shinty .
his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1936 championship .
in retirement from playing , howard became involved in team management and coaching .
at inter-county level he guided clare to an oireachtas cup as well as a first munster final appearance in seventeen years .
at club level he trained feakle and burgess-kildangan .
howard also served as a club referee .
howard is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game .
he was the third recipient of the all-time all-star award in 1982 .
he also holds the record of being the only limerick man to have won five all-ireland medals .
