Michael Walsh (Waterford hurler)

Michael Walsh, known as Brick, was born on 23 April 1983 and is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays for the Waterford Championship club Stradbally. Born and raised in Stradbally, County Waterford, he began his hurling and Gaelic football career with the club, joined its senior teams as a 17-year-old dual player and won the Waterford Football Championship in 2001, the first of five successive championships, with five more titles between 2009 and 2017. He played one season for the Waterford senior football team in 2002, and also won a Munster Championship medal as a footballer with the under-21s in 2003. He then played for the Waterford senior hurling team for 17 seasons, won four All-Stars and holds the all-time record of 76 championship appearances, though an All-Ireland title eluded him.