John Coughlan (hurler)

John Coughlan, known as Ballyhea and living from 18 August 1898 to 18 August 1965, was an Irish hurler from Blackrock, County Cork, who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team. He first played hurling in his youth, joined the Cork senior team at twenty-seven and made his senior debut during the 1925 championship, later becoming a regular in the starting fifteen and winning two All-Ireland medals, two Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. At club level he was a seven-time championship medallist with Blackrock. His father Pat, his uncles Tom, Denis and Dan, and his brother Eudie were all hurlers. He made 15 championship appearances and retired from inter-county hurling after the 1931 championship.