John O'Brien, born on 3 January 1982 in Toomevara, County Tipperary, is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team. He joined the Tipperary minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, made his senior debut during the 2001 league and enjoyed a lengthy career, winning two All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with three All-Ireland runner-up finishes. At club level he is a two-time Munster medallist with Toomevara, who also won seven championship medals and three county final Man of the Match awards. His brother Paddy O'Brien is also an All-Ireland medallist with Tipperary. He made 36 championship appearances and announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 26 November 2014.
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