Seán Foley

Seán Foley is an Irish retired hurler, born in October 1949, whose league and championship career as a left wing-back with the Limerick senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1970 to 1983. He was born in London and was introduced to hurling when his family moved to Patrickswell in County Limerick, where his father John Foley had won an All-Ireland junior medal with Limerick in 1941. He enjoyed All-Ireland success with the CBS Sexton Street team in 1966, winning the Dr Croke Cup that year and the Dr Harty Cup in 1965, 1966 and 1967, while joining the Patrickswell senior team. With Patrickswell he won the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship eleven times between 1966 and 1990, and with Limerick he won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1973.