Brian Corcoran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Brian Corcoran

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1973

Place of Birth: Glounthaune, Munster, Ireland

Profession: Gaelic football player, hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Brian Corcoran

  • Brian Corcoran (born 23 March 1973) is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back and as a full-forward for the Cork senior teams.Born in Glounthaune, County Cork, Corcoran first played competitive Gaelic games whilst at school at Midleton CBS Secondary School.
  • He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides.
  • He made his senior debut during the 1991-92 National Hurling League.
  • Corcoran went on to play a key part for Cork as both a hurler and as a footballer, and won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals.
  • He also won three Munster medals as a footballer.
  • He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial teams in both codes, Corcoran won one Railway Cup medal.
  • At club level he is a three-time championship medallist with Erin's Own. His grandfather, Bill Corcoran, was an All-Ireland champion runner while his brother, John, was a dual player at minor and under-21 levels with Cork.Throughout his career Corcoran made a combined total of 56 championship appearances for the Cork hurling and football teams.
  • Having retired for football following the conclusion of the 1998 championship, Corcoran announced his second retirement from inter-county hurling on 14 November 2006.Corcoran is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his generation and second only to Christy Ring in terms of Cork's all-time greatest players, and second to the great Clare Hurler Seanie McMahon in terms of the country's all time outstanding centre backs.
  • He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-back on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century in 2000, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
  • Corcoran also won two Hurler of the Year accolades and three All-Star awards.

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