Matt Ruth
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Maitiú de Rút | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner-forward | ||
Born | Ballyragget, County Kilkenny | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Old Christians Commercials St Patrick's | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1973-1974 1975-1983 |
Limerick Kilkenny |
4 16 | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 4 (1 as sub) | ||
All-Irelands | 3 (2 as sub) | ||
NHL | 2 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Matt Ruth (born December 1945 in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling and Gaelic football at various times with his local clubs, Old Christians, Commercials, and St Patrick's. He was a member of the Limerick and Kilkenny senior inter-county teams from 1973 until 1983. Ruth's son, Matthew, played minor hurling with Kilkenny in 2008.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "From Kilkenny to Limerick back again: Matt Ruth". Kilkenny Cats. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Dual players
- Old Christians hurlers
- Commercials (Limerick) Gaelic footballers
- Kilkenny Gaelic footballers
- Kilkenny inter-county hurlers
- Limerick inter-county hurlers
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
- People from Ballyragget
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen
- Kilkenny hurling biography stubs
- Limerick hurling biography stubs
- Leinster Gaelic football biography stubs
- Kilkenny GAA stubs
- Munster Gaelic football biography stubs
- Limerick GAA stubs