Brendan Cummins (GAA player)

Brendan Cummins, born on 11 May 1975 in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, is an Irish hurler and hurling coach who played as a goalkeeper for the Tipperary senior team and is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the game. He joined the Tipperary minor football team at seventeen, then the minor hurling team and the under-21 sides in both codes, and made his senior hurling debut in the 1993 to 94 National Hurling League. He played a key role as goalkeeper for twenty years, winning two All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and three National Hurling League medals, with three All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won two Railway Cup medals with Munster, in 2000 and as captain in 2001, plays hurling with Ballybacon-Grange and football with Ardfinnan at club level, and made a then record 73 championship appearances for Tipperary before retiring on 17 October 2013.