Pat Fitzelle

Irish hurler

Pat Fitzelle
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born 1957
Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Nickname Pa
Club(s)
Years Club
Cashel King Cormacs
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
Munster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1976-1987
Tipperary 13 (0-07)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:15, 27 August 2021.

Patrick J. Fitzelle (born 1957) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Cashel King Cormacs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a half-back or at midfield.

Career

Fitzelle first played at juvenile and underage levels with the Cashel King Cormacs club before joining the club's senior team.[citation needed] He won numerous West Tipperary Championship titles across three decades, before winning a Munster Club Championship title in 1991.[1][2] Fitzelle first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year stint with the Tipperary minor team. He progressed onto the Tipperary under-21 team and lined out in the 1978 All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. By this stage Fitzelle had already been drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team. He spent more than a decade with the team and won a Munster Championship title in 1987.[3]

Honours

Cashel King Cormacs
Tipperary

References

  1. ^ "Tricky Munster assignments for Chaven and Newtown on Sunday". Irish Independent. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Cashel - Munster Club Champions 1991". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ Meagher, John (24 June 2006). "Never mind All-Ireland glory, being kings of Munster all that counts". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

External links

  • Pat Fitzelle profile on Tipp GAA Archives website
Pat Fitzelle navigation boxes
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Tipperary - 1978 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship runners-up
  • 1 V. Mullins
  • 2 J. Doyle
  • 3 J. O'Dwyer
  • 4 P. Loughnane
  • 5 M. Stapleton
  • 6 P. Fitzelle
  • 7 G. Stapleton
  • 8 J. Grace
  • 9 P. Ryan
  • 10 T. Walsh
  • 11 M. Doyle
  • 12 E. O'Shea
  • 13 T. Ryan
  • 14 S. Bourke
  • 15 T. Grogan
Subs used
E. Hogan
K. Fox
J. Minogue
Subs not used
M. Murphy
J. Burke
P. O'Neill
J. Stone
J. Hannigan
T. Slattery
J. Cunningham
P. J. Maxwell
T. Stapleton
T. Doran
J. Ryan
J. Ryan