Christy O'Brien

Christy O'Brien, born Christopher O'Brien and living from 11 March 1933 to 7 March 2022, was an Irish hurler from Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, who played as a full-forward for the Laois senior team. He joined the Laois minor team at seventeen and the senior panel during the 1952 championship, later becoming a regular in the starting fifteen, but ended his playing days without top-tier silverware, though he did win two National Hurling League Division 2 titles in 1960 and 1965. He won three Railway Cup medals with Leinster and was a five-time championship medallist with Borris-in-Ossory. He made 24 championship appearances and retired after the 1970 championship. He was regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and was voted full-forward on a Hurling Team of the Century of players never to have won an All-Ireland medal. He died on 7 March 2022 aged 88.