- Donie Collins
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Donie Collins (Irish: Dónall Ó Coileáin) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Blackrock in Cork and James Stephens in Kilkenny in the 1970s and 1980s. Collins also lined out with the Cork senior inter-county team. He is the only player in history to win four All-Ireland club winners' medals. He is originally from Castlehaven in Cork and played Gaelic football with Castlehaven GAA along with six other brothers. Collins was a selector with the Cork senior hurling team.[1]
References
Cork - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Runners-up 1972 1 P. Barry | 2 T. Maher | 3 P. McDonnell | 4 B. Murphy | 5 F. Norberg (Capt.) | 6 S. Looney | 7 C. Roche | 8 J. McCarthy | 9 D. Coughlan | 10 G. McCarthy | 11 M. Malone | 12 P. Hegarty | 13 C. McCarthy | 14 R. Cummins | 15 S. O'Leary |
Subs used: T. O'Brien for F. Norberg | D. Collins for P. Hegarty |
Subs not used: M. Coleman | J. Rothwell | P. Crowley | B. Cummins | Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1970-1979 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.Blackrock - All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions 1972 (1st title) 1 B. Hurley | 2 P. Casey | 3 P. Geary | 4 J. Horgan (C) | 5 S. Murphy | 6 F. Cummins | 7 F. Norberg | 8 M. Murphy | 9 P. Kavanagh | 10 D. Collins | 11 R. Cummins | 12 P. Moylan | 13 B. Cummins | 14 J. Rothwell | 15 D. Prendergast
Blackrock - All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions 1974 (2nd title) 1 T. Murphy | 2 J. Rothwell | 3 P. Geary | 4 J. Horgan (C) | 5 F. Cummins | 6 C. O'Brien | 7 F. Norberg | 8 J. Russell | 9 P. Moylan | 10 P. Kavanagh | 11 J. O'Halloran | 12 D. Collins | 13 D. Prendergast | 14 R. Cummins | 15 É. O'Donoghue | Subs: S. Kearney | D. Buckley | Played in drawn game: B. Cummins
Blackrock - All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions 1979 (3rd title) 1 T. Murphy | 2 F. Norberg | 3 C. O'Brien | 4 J. Horgan (C) | 5 D. Mac Curtain | 6 F. Cummins | 7 A. Creagh | 8 T. Cashman | 9 J. O'Grady | 10 P. Moylan | 11 T. Lyons | 12 D. Collins | 13 É. O'Sullivan | 14 R. Cummins | 15 É. O'Donoghue | Subs: D. Buckley
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