Vinny Staples

Vinny Staples, born Vincent Staples in 1945 in Piercestown, County Wexford, is an Irish former hurler who enjoyed a successful career as a right wing-back with the Wexford senior team. He was introduced to hurling in his youth and won junior and intermediate championships with the St Martin's club. He joined the Wexford minor team at seventeen, won an All-Ireland medal in that grade and another with the under-21 team, and made his senior debut during the 1965 championship. He played a key role in defence for Wexford during a successful era, winning one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish, and retired from inter-county hurling after the 1974 championship.