Noel Lane (Galway hurler)

Noel Lane is an Irish former hurler, born in December 1954 in Ballyglass, County Galway, who played as a full-forward at senior level for the Galway county team. He first played competitive hurling at Our Lady's College in Gort, whose side lost the 1973 All-Ireland college decider to St Peter's College, Wexford, and he made his senior debut with Galway at twenty-two in the 1977-78 National Hurling League. With Galway he won three All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships, in 1980, 1987 and 1988, and two National Hurling League titles, and he won five Railway Cup medals with Connacht. He received All-Star awards in 1983 and 1984 and was named Galway Hurler of the Year in 1984.