Martin O'Doherty

Martin O'Doherty, born on 26 March 1952 in Galway, is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. He first played hurling at Coláiste Chríost Rí, joined the Cork minor teams at sixteen as a dual player and then the under-21 sides, and made his senior hurling debut in the 1971 championship. A regular in the starting fifteen, he won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, captained Cork to All-Ireland success in 1977 and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. He won one Railway Cup medal with Munster, and at club level is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with Glen Rovers, who also won two Munster medals and two championship medals. He made 25 championship appearances and retired after the 1982 championship.