Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Séamus Mac Liam | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Centre-forward | ||
Born |
1952 Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Council employee | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1969-1995 | Kilruane MacDonaghs | ||
Club titles | |||
Tipperary titles | 4 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1971-1976 1975-1986 |
Tipperary (SF) Tipperary (SH) | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
James Williams (born 1952[1]) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior teams as a dual player.
Williams first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs club.[2] He won a number of divisional minor and under-21 titles in both codes and was also a member of the team that won the first of four consecutive Tipperary Under-21AHC titles in 1973. Williams made his first appearance for the club's senior team as a 16-year-old in 1969. He was at centre-forward on the Kilruane MacDonaghs team that won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986, having earlier won four Tipperary SHC titles, including one as team captain, and a Tipperary SFC title in 1975.[3][4] His 26-year club career came to an end in 1995.[5]
Williams first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor football team in 1970. He later spent three seasons with the under-21 team, however, his underage career ended without silverware. Williams was just out of the minor grade when he was selected for the senior team in 1971. He became dual inter-county player in 1975 when he joined the Tipperary senior hurling team.[6] Williams was part of the Tipperary team that won the 1978-79 National League.[7]