| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1961-07-08)8 July 1961 (age 64)[1] Annacarty, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patrick Fox (born 8 July 1961) is an Irish formerhurling manager and player. At club level he played withÉire Óg Annacarty and at inter-county level was a member of theTipperary senior hurling team.[2]
Fox began his career at juvenile and underage levels as adual player with theÉire Óg Annacarty club before eventually progressing to adult level. He had his first senior success in 1981 when he won aWest Tipperary SHC medal after a 0–14 to 0–7 win overCappawhite in the final.[3] Fox added a second West Tipperary SHC medal to his collection five years later in 1986. He top-scored with 1-01 in the 2-09 to 1-10 defeat ofGolden–Kilfeacle.[4] Fox's club career was drawing to a close when he won aTipperary IHC title after a 0–9 to 1–5 win overSilvermines in 1994.[5]
Fox began his inter-county career withTipperary during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level in 1978 and 1979. He was in his final season as a minor when he was drafted onto the Tipperary under-21 team and ended the year with anAll-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2–12 to 1–9 win overGalway in thefinal.[6] It was the first of three successive winners' medals for Fox, as he was also involved whenKilkenny had All-Ireland final defeats in 1980 and 1981.[7]
Fox joined thesenior team in 1980 and made his debut in aMunster SHC semi-final defeat byCork.[8] He suffered acruciate ligament injury in 1982, an injury which resulted in him being off the Tipperary team for the following two seasons.[9] He played with Tipperary'sjunior team in 1984, before returning to the senior team a year later.
Fox won his firstMunster SHC medal after a 4–22 to 1–22 extra-time defeat of Cork in 1987.[10] He was the championship'soverall top scorer that year with 3–45, while he also won his firstAll-Star award. Fox added aNational Hurling League medal and a second consecutive Munster SHC medal to his collection the following year.[11] He later lined out at wing-forward in the 1–15 to 0–14 defeat byGalway in the1988 All-Ireland SHC final.[12] Fox claimed a third successive Munster SHC medal in 1989. He later won his firstAll-Ireland SHC medal after scoring 1–2 from corner-forward in the 4–24 to 3–9 defeat ofAntrim in the1989 All-Ireland SHC final.[13] Fox ended the season with a second All-Star award.
After surrendering their titles in 1990, Fox won a fourth Munster SHC medal in five seasons after a 4–19 to 4–15 defeat of Cork. He later claimed a second All-Ireland SHC medal after scoring five points and being namedman of the match in the 1–16 to 0–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the1991 All-Ireland SHC final.[14] He ended the season with a third All-Star award, and was also namedHurler of the Year.[15] Fox won a fifth and final Munster SHC medal in 1993. He added a second National Hurling League title to his collection in 1994, in what proved to be his last silverware with the Tipperary senior team. Fox retired from inter-county hurling following Tipperary's defeat byLimerick in the1996 Munster SHC final replay.
Fox's performances at inter-county level resulted in his selection forMunster in their1982 Railway Cup semi-final defeat byConnacht.[16] It was the first of five appearances for the Munster team; however, all of them ended with semi-final defeats.
Fox was in the twilight of his club career when he became involved in team management. He wasplayer-manager with the Éire Óg Annacarty intermediate team in 2004.[17]