Din Joe Buckley
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Denis Joseph "Din Joe" Buckley (19 March 1919 – 8 October 2009) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | D. S. Ó Buachalla | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner-back | ||
Born |
(1919-03-19)19 March 1919 Blackpool, Cork, Ireland | ||
Died |
8 October 2009(2009-10-08) (aged 90) Cork, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1938–1949 | Glen Rovers / St. Nicholas's | ||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 8 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1940–1949 | Cork | 27 (0–3) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 5 | ||
NHL | 2 |
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Buckley made his first appearance for the team during the 1940 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1949 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and two National League medals. Buckley was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Buckley was an eight-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers.
His brother Connie was an All-Ireland-winning captain and another brother, Jack, was an All-Ireland medalist as a non-playing substitute in 1942.[1][2]