Alan Browne

Alan Browne, born on 23 January 1974, is an Irish retired hurler who played for the Cork Senior Championship club Blackrock and for the Cork senior hurling team for 9 years, usually lining out as a forward. He was selected for Blackrock's top adult team straight out of the minor grade ahead of the 1992 championship and, as one of the most prolific scorers of his era, made 71 championship appearances for the club before retiring in 2011, helping Blackrock win the Cork Senior Championship in 1999, 2001 and 2002. With Cork he was a member of the under-21 team that won the Munster Championship in 1993, joined the senior team in 1994, was ever-present as an inside forward with 74 National League and Championship appearances, and was part of the All-Ireland Championship winning team of 1999. He also won three Munster Championship medals, one as captain, and a National Hurling League medal, and retired after Cork's defeat in the 2003 All-Ireland final.