Jimmy Smyth (hurler)

Jimmy Smyth
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Mac Gabhann
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1 January 1931
Ruan, County Clare, Ireland
Died 9 February 2013 (aged 82)
Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland
Occupation GAA administrator
Club(s)
Years Club
Ruan
Club titles
Clare titles 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1948–1967
Clare 23 (20–53)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
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James Smyth (1 January 1931 – 9 February 2013) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.

Smyth made his first appearance for the team during the 1948–49 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1967 championship. During that time he won one Oireachtas medal and one Thomond Feis medal, and was a Munster final runner-up on two occasions.

At club level, Smyth was a five-time county club championship medallist with Ruan.

After retirement from play Smyth, in 1984 he was named on a special Hurling Team of the Century made up of players never to have won an All-Ireland medal. In 2000 he was named on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.