Babs Keating

Michael Babs Keating, born in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, on 17 April 1944, is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Tipperary senior teams. He first played competitive Gaelic games at CBS High School in Clonmel and arrived on the inter-county scene at sixteen with the Tipperary minor teams in both codes. He joined the senior football panel during the 1960 championship and the senior hurling panel four years later, was a regular on both, and won two All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. He won three Railway Cup medals with Munster, was a five-time football champion with Ardfinnan, played his inter-county football until 1980, and in 1971 was named on the inaugural All-Star team.