John Keane (hurler)

John Keane was an Irish hurler who lived from 1917 to 1975 and played as a centre-back at senior level for the Waterford county team, and is distinguished from other people of the same name as the hurler. Born in Waterford, he first played competitive hurling at Mount Sion CBS, arrived on the inter-county scene at fifteen with the Waterford minor team and later lined out with the junior side. He made his senior debut in the 1934-35 National Hurling League and played a key part for a Waterford team that made a long overdue breakthrough, winning one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals. With Mount Sion he won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship eight times, in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949 and 1951.