Don Hyland

Don Hyland

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full Forward
Born	28 January 1973 (1973-01-28) (age 38) Wicklow, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
?	Carnew Emmets
Club Titles
Wicklow titles	7
Leinster titles	?
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1990-2010	Wicklow
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All Stars	0

Don Hyland (born 28 January 1973^[1]) is a hurler from County Wicklow, Ireland. Widely regarded as Wicklow's greatest ever hurler, he played with the county team for almost 20 years, winning every other honour available to him at club and county level, including 7 Kehoe Cups, League and 1 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

In 2009, Hyland announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after a crushing loss to Wesmeath in the Christy Ring Cup.^[2]However he returned in 2010 to help Wicklow reach the semi final of the Christy Ring Cup but lost out to Kerry on the day. In 2011 he helped Wicklow to win Div 3A of the National Hurling League and to the final of the Christy Ring Cup but once again lost out to Kerry.

In 2002 he became the first Wicklow man to win a Railway Cup medal.^[3] He added a second in 200?.

He played both gaelic football and hurling with his club Carnew Emmets winning 7 Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship medals in 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009. ==References==

1. ^ "Hyland, Don". Hoganstand.com. 1993-02-05. http://hoganstand.com/Wicklow/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=41950. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 
2. ^ "Hyland hangs his hurl up". Hoganstand.com. 2009-05-15. http://hoganstand.com/wicklow/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=111558. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 
3. ^ "Railway Cup glory". Hoganstand.com. 2002-11-11. http://hoganstand.com/wicklow/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=33581. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 

Persondata
Name	Hyland, Don
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 January 1973
Place of birth	Wicklow
Date of death
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