Stephen Greene (hurler)
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| Nickname | Greener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1944 Waterford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 81) Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Waterford Crystal employee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen A. Greene (1944 – 1 May 2026) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team.
Career
Greene first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Mount Sion and was part of the club's minor team that won the Waterford MHC title in 1962.[1] He progressed to the club's senior team and won 10 Waterford SHC medals between 1963 and 1986, when he captained the team.[2] Greene also won a Munster Club SHC and was in goal for Mount Sion's 3–13 to 3–08 defeat by James Stephens in the 1982 All-Ireland Club SHC final.[3][4]
At inter-county level, Greene was Waterford's top scorer with 5–01 in the 1964 Munster U21HC.[5] He later lined out with the senior team and captained the team in 1973.[6] Greene was also selected for Munster's Railway Cup team in 1973.[7]
Personal life and death
His father, Paddy Greene, was part of the Waterford team beaten by Dublin in the 1938 All-Ireland SHC final.[8] His brother, Jim Greene, also played for Mount Sion and Waterford, while his nephew, Brian Greene, won a Munster SHC medal with Waterford in 2002.[9]
Greene died on 1 May 2026, at the age of 81.[10]
Honours
- Mount Sion
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1981
- Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (10): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986 (c)
- Waterford Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1962
References
- ↑ "Sion regained minor title". Waterford News & Star. 28 August 1962. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Stephen Greene". Mount Sion GAA website. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Senior hurling (club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mount Sion man firmly focused on Oulart success". Enniscorthy Guardian. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Depleted under-21 side go under to Clare". Munster Express. 5 June 1964. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Hurlers snatched draw with late goal". Waterford News & Star. 13 April 1973. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Railway Cup hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ Murphy, John (25 July 2007). "Déise legend Greene angry over facing Rebel threat again". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "'I'll be forever grateful to those I hurled with and hurled against'". Irish Examiner. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Waterford Hurling Mourns the Passing of Stephen "Greener" Greene". WLRfm website. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.