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Place of Birth: Inistioge, Leinster, Ireland
About Eddie Keher
- Edward Peter "Eddie" Keher (; born 14 October 1941) is a retired Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.Born in Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Keher first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St.
- Kieran's College.
- He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team.
- He made his senior debut in the 1959 championship.
- Keher went on to play a key part for Kilkenny in what has come to be known as one of the greatest teams of all-time, and won six All-Ireland medals, ten Leinster medals and three National Hurling League medals.
- An All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions, Keher also captained the team to All-Ireland victory in 1969. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team for sixteen years, Keher won nine Railway Cup medals, a record for a Leinster player.
- At club level he won one championship medal with Rower-Inistioge. Keher's career tally of 35 goals and 336 points was a record score which stood until 20 June 2010 when it was surpassed by Henry Shefflin.Throughout his career Keher made 50 championship appearances, a Kilkenny record which stood until 25 July 2004 when it was surpassed by D.
- J.
- Carey.
- His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1977 championship. In retirement from playing, Keher temporarily became involved in team management and coaching.
- As joint-coach to the Kilkenny senior team with Pat Henderson, he helped guide the team to the All-Ireland title in 1979. During his playing days, Keher won four Cú Chulainn awards and five All-Star awards, as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1972.
- He also met and tutored Muhammad Ali in hurling in 1972, when he visited Dublin.
- He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at corner-forward on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
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