Liam Ferguson
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 May 2026 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liam Ferguson (June 1940 – 21 May 2026) was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for club side St. Vincent's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior hurling team.
Playing career
Ferguson attended St Joseph's CBS in Fairview and played in all grades of hurling and Gaelic football during his time there. He won Leinster Junior Colleges titles in both codes in 1955, as well as lining out with the college's senior team in the Leinster Colleges SHC.[1]
At club level, Ferguson played as a dual player with the St Vincent's club in Marino. In his underage years, he won Dublin MFC and Dublin MHC medals. Ferguson later progressed to adult levels and won Dublin JHC and Dublin SHC medals. He also won Dublin SFC honours.[2]
He made debut with the Dublin senior hurling team during their Walsh Cup-winning campaign in 1960. Ferguson also made a number of appearances for the Dublin senior football team. He won a Leinster SHC medal, alongside his brother Des, in July 1961.[3][4] Ferguson was at wing-back for the one-point defeat by Tipperary in the 1961 All-Ireland SHC final.[5]
Deaths
Ferguson died on 21 May 2026, at the age of 85.[6]
Honours
- St Joseph's CBS
- Leinster Colleges Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1955
- Leinster Colleges Junior Football Championship (1): 1955
- St Vincent's
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (4): 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967
- Dublin Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1957
- Dublin Minor Football Championship (1): 1958
- Dublin Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1957
- Dublin
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1961
- Walsh Cup (1): 1960
References
- ↑ "Lets meet the Dublin boys!". Irish Press. 29 August 1961. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "Pen pictures of the finalists". Irish Independent. 30 August 1961. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "Legendary Dublin dual star Des Ferguson passes away, aged 91". Irish Independent. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "What might have been..." Irish Examiner. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "The death has occurred of Liam Ferguson". RIP website. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.