John Horgan (hurler)

John Horgan, who lived from 25 May 1950 to 10 June 2016, was an Irish hurler from the south side of Cork city whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve years from 1969 to 1981. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game and as one of the most iconic Cork players of all time. Introduced to hurling by his father, a county junior championship medal winner with Blackrock, he developed at Sullivan's Quay CBS and the Passage club before transferring to Blackrock in 1968. He remains the only player to captain a team to three All-Ireland victories, and he also won five Munster medals and five county senior championship medals. After an All-Ireland minor medal in 1967 and back-to-back under-21 medals in 1970 and 1971, he made his senior debut for Cork in the Grounds Tournament in 1969.