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Place of Birth: Cullen, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
About Nicky English
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- "Nicky" English (born 20 October 1962) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team.Born in Cullen, County Tipperary, English first played competitive Gaelic games during his schooling at the Abbey CBS.
- He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides.
- He made his senior debut during the 1982 championship.
- English went on to play a key part for almost fifteen years, and won two All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals.
- He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, English won two Railway Cup medals.
- At club level he won a set of intermediate and junior championship medals with Lattin-Cullen. English also won a remarkable five successive Fitzgibbon Cup medals with University College Cork. English's career tally of 20 goals and 117 points marks him out as Tipperary's third highest championship scorer of all-time. Throughout his career English made 35 championship appearances.
- He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1996 championship. In retirement from playing English has become involved in team management and coaching.
- As manager of the Tipperary senior team between 1998 and 2002 he steered the team to All-Ireland, Munster and National League honours.
- He has also taken charge of the University College Dublin team for the Fitzgibbon Cup. As a hurling analyst in the media English writes a weekly column in the Irish Times, while he has also worked as a co-commentator with TV3 and RTÉ Radio 1 during their championship coverage.
- In May 2014 it was announced that English would be an analyst and co-commentator for Sky Sports new Gaelic games coverage.English is widely regarded as one of Tipperary's greatest ever players.
- During his playing days he won six All-Star awards as well as the Texaco Hurler of the Year award in 1989.
- He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward and right corner-forward on the respective Tipperary and Fitzgibbon Cup Hurling Teams of the Century.
- In 2009 he was chosen on a special Munster team of the quarter century, while he was also included as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time.
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