Billy O'Sullivan
 |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Ó Súilleabháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing forward | ||
| Born |
22 September 1968 Ballygunner, County Waterford | ||
| Nickname | The Dapper | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1985 - 2006 | Ballygunner | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 105 | ||
| Munster titles | 18 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1987 - 2000 | Waterford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Billy O'Sullivan (born 22 September 1968) is an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Ballygunner and with the Waterford senior inter-county team.[1]
Early life
[edit]Billy O'Sullivan was born in Ballygunner, County Waterford in 1968. He was educated locally and from an early age showed a great deal of interest in hurling. Billy won an U15 Munster Colleges with De La Salle College, Waterford. He played for a combined Fitzgibbon Cup teams from 1987-1989.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Billy played his club hurling with his local Ballygunner team. He had some success at underage levels and in 1988 and 1989 he won two Under-21 County medal with the club. senior county medal with the club. Billy added senior county medals to his collection in 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2005. In 2001 he converted county medal into a Munster club hurling title. O'Sullivan won his seventh county championship title in 2005, playing in his14th senior county final. Billy also won an All-Ireland Clubs Sevens medal in 1993.
Billy still plays for Ballygunner at intermediate grade. He was elected club chairman in early 2010.
Inter-county
[edit]Billy joined the Waterford hurling team in the early 1987 and made his debut versus Kilkenny in the 1st round of the 1987 National Hurling League.
In 2000 Billy suffered a serious ankle injury against Killkenny in the national league.
Billy retired from inter-county hurling on a high after bringing Waterford back from 15 points down, scoring every point. In the first round of the Munster Championship in 2000 against Limerick.
Billy won a Railway Cup medal in 1992.
Billy is brother to the present Waterford inter-county hurler, Shane O'Sullivan.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "O'Sullivan, Billy". Hogan Stand. 1 November 1991. Retrieved 29 April 2011.