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Mickey "the Rattler" Byrne (born 2 September 1923) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary senior team. Born in Dublin, Byrne first excelled at hurling whilst at Thurles CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team. He joined senior team for the 1945 championship. Byrne went on to play a key part for the next fifteen years, and won four All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and seven National Hurling League medals. Byrne represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medal as a non-playing substitute in 1955. At club level he won a record fourteen championship medals with Thurles Sarsfields. Throughout his career, Byrne made 34 championship appearances, which in his day was considered to be a significant career total given that in some seasons in the 20th century, teams might expect no more than one or two appearances in the Championship, moreover, in a period when there was no opportunity to re-enter the Chamopionship following a defeat in the early stages of competition. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1959-60 National Hurling League. Byrne is widely regarded as one of Tipperary's greatest ever players. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right corner-back on the Tipperary Hurling Team of the Century. ==Early life== Mickey Byrne was born in Dublin in 1923. He was educated at Thurles CBS where his hurling skills were first developed. Byrne first tasted success when he won a Dean Ryan Cup medal in 1939. He later tasted much more success with both club and county. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mickey Byrne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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