John Fitzgibbon (Cork hurler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Blackpool, Ireland
About John Fitzgibbon (Cork hurler)
- John Fitzgibbon (born 6 May 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club Glen Rovers.
- He played for the Cork senior hurling team for seven seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a left corner-forward. Fitzgibbon began his hurling career at club level with Glen Rovers.
- He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 18-year-old in 1985, having enjoyed championship successes in the minor and under-21 grades.
- Fitzgibbon was at right wing-forward on the Glen's 1989 Cork Senior Championship-winning team.
- He played his last club game in 1993 after making 25 championship appearances for Glen Rovers. At inter-county level, Fitzgibbon was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1985 before later winning an All-Ireland Championship with the under-21 team in 1988.
- He joined the Cork senior team in 1986.
- From his debut, Fitzgibbon was ever-present as an inside forward and made a combined total of 38 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1993.
- During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1986 and 1990.
- Fitzgibbon also secured three Munster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal.
- Fitzgibbon's inter-county career ended in 1993 after he was forced to emigrate.
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