Frank Cummins (Kilkenny hurler)

Frank Cummins, born on 9 November 1947 in Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Kilkenny county team and is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He first played Gaelic games at Belcamp College, joined the Kilkenny minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1966 Oireachtas Cup. He played a key part for Kilkenny for almost two decades and won eight All-Ireland medals, nine Leinster medals and three National Hurling League medals, with three All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He won six Railway Cup medals with Leinster, and with Blackrock three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and six championship medals. He won four All-Star awards, was Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1983 and was named at midfield on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century in 2000.