Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pilib Ó Gormshúil | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born |
Waterford, Ireland | 8 May 1929||
Died |
8 May 1989 Waterford, Ireland | (aged 60)||
Nickname | Philly | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Mount Sion | |||
Club titles | |||
Waterford titles | 14 Hurling, 5 Football | ||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1948–1965 | Waterford | 32 (11–71) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 1 |
Phillip "Philly" Grimes (8 May 1929 – 8 May 1989) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Waterford county team.
Born in Waterford, Grimes first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Mount Sion CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of 17 when he first linked up with the Waterford minor team. He joined the senior team during the 1947–48 league. Grimes immediately became a regular member of the starting 15, and won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Grimes won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he was a 14-time championship and five-time senior football medallist with Mount Sion.
Throughout his career Grimes made 32 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1965 championship.