Gary Hurney

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

Gary Hurney
Personal information
Irish name	Garraí Ó hUrnaí
Football Position:	Midfield
Hurling Position:	Centre-forward
Born	1980 Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Nickname	Tank
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Abbeyside–Ballinacourty
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Waterford titles	3	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1999-2013 2008–2010	Waterford (football) Waterford (hurling)	20 (6-32) 6 (1-1)
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
Munster Titles	0	0
All-Ireland Titles	0	0
League titles	0	0
All-Stars	0	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:39, 19 January 2013.

Gary Hurney (born 1980) is an Irish dual player of hurling and Gaelic football who formerly played for the Waterford senior team in both codes.^[1]

Hurney made his first appearance for the Waterford football team during the 1999 championship against cork and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. He also spent three seasons with the Waterford senior hurling team. During his inter-county career Hurney has enjoyed little success. He was an All-Ireland runner-up in hurling on one occasion. He announced his retirement from inter-county football in December 2013, citing injuries and family commitments.^[2]

Hurney plays his club hurling and football with Abbeyside–Ballinacourty. He has won three county football championship medals with his beloved Abbeyside–Ballinacourty.

Awards

2007 Waterford Senior footballer of the year
1998 Waterford Minor footballer of the year
2006 Munster Senior Football All Star
2008 Waterford senior footballer of the year
2013 Waterford Senior Footballer of the year

References

^ Crowe, Dermot (9 December 2007). "Driven by the Déise dream". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "Gary Hurney calls time on Waterford career". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

Waterford – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 C. Hennessy
2 E. Murphy
3 D. Prendergast
4 A. Kearney
5 T. Browne
6 K. McGrath
7 K. Moran
8 M. Walsh (c)
9 J. Nagle
10 D. Shanahan
11 S. Prendergast
12 S. Molumphy
13 E. McGrath
14 E. Kelly
15 J. Mullane

Subs used: 17 J. Kennedy for S. Prendergast; 18 P. Flynn for E. McGrath; 19 S. O'Sullivan for J. Nagle; 21 D. Bennett for D. Shanahan; 25 T. Feeney for D. Prendergast

Subs not used: 16 A. Power; 20 G. Hurney; 22 R. Foley; 23 B. Phelan; 24 J. Murray; 26 W. Hutchinson; 27 S. Walsh; 28 P. FitzGerald; 29 P. Kearney; 30 D. Coffey