Liam Simpson
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| Born | 21 June 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Tyre fitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liam Gerard Simpson (born 21 June 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Bennettsbridge and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a corner-back.[1]
Career
[edit]Simpson first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Bennettsbridge club, however, his early sporting life was dominated by soccer.[2] As a centre half of sweeper with his local club East End, he won every honour in the Kilkenny and District League. At imter-county level, Simpson was overlooked for the Kilkenny minor and under-21 teams, however, he won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1990. This success saw him drafted on to the Kilkenny senior hurling team in advance of the 1990-91 league. Simspon was corner-back on the Kilkenny team that won consecutive All-Ireland CHampionship titles in 1992 and 1993.[3][4] His other honours include a National League title, three consecutive Leinster Championship medals and two consecutive All-Star Awards.
Honours
[edit]Team
[edit]- Kilkenny
Individual
[edit]- Awards
- All-Star Award: 1992, 1993
References
[edit]- ↑ "Liam Simpson of Bennettsbridge". Hogan Stand. 4 September 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Famed Bennettsbridge aiming to be top Cats once again". Irish Times. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Kilkenny v Cork Classics – 1992 SHC final". RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ↑ "Good days...and bad". Irish Independent. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2021.