Paddy O'Donovan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Páidí Ó Donnabháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born | 1916 Cork, Ireland |
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| Died | 1990 Cork, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1937–1950 | Glen Rovers | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 10 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1938–1949 | Cork | 29 (0–1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
Paddy O'Donovan (1916–1990) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team.
O'Donovan joined the team during the 1938 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1949 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one National League medal. O'Donovan was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level O'Donovan was a ten-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers.
O'Donovan played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers and enjoyed much success during a golden age for the club.
He made his senior debut in 1937 as the Glen were in the throes of dominating club hurling in Cork. Having been granted a walkover by the same opposition two years earlier, Glen Rovers faced Carrigtwohill in the county decider of 1937. The dominance continued and a 3–5 to 1–0 score line gave O'Donovan a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.
In 1938 Glen Rovers set out to make history by besting Blackrock's twenty-five-year-old championship record. Midleton stood in the way of a fifth successive championship title, however, a comprehensive 5–6 o 1–3 score line secured the victory and gave O'Donovan his second championship.
The success continued once again the following year as Glen Rovers faced Blackrock in their first championship decider meeting in almost a decade. A 5–4 to 2–5 win for the Glen gave O'Donovan a third successive championship medal.
Sarsfield's stood in the way of Glen Rovers securing a seventh successive championship in 1940. In one of the most high-scoring county finals of all-time, O'Donovan won his fourth championship medal following a 10–6 to 7–5 defeat of Sars.
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