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Jim Fives

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Jim Fives
Personal information
Irish name Séamus de Fibhís
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born 10 April 1929
Tourin,County Waterford,Ireland
Died 17 December 2020 (aged 91)
Newcastle Road,Galway,Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
Years Club
Tourin
An Chéad Cath
Club titles
Football Hurling
Galway titles 1 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1949–1954
1955–1959
Waterford
Galway
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

James Fives(10 April 1929 – 17 December 2020) was an Irish retiredhurlerandGaelic footballer.Hisleagueandchampionshipcareer with theWaterfordandGalwaysenior teams lasted ten years from 1949 until 1959.[1]In 1984, Fives was named as captain on a specialHurling Team of the Centurymade up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Born inTourin,County Waterford,Fives was the youngest of five boys. He was educated locally and later attended Lismore CBS where he played competitive hurling for the school. Fives played at underage levels with theTourinclub, before winning acounty football championshipmedal withAn Chéad Chathin 1951. He had earlier played at club level withThe Curraghbefore finishing his club career withCastlerea.

Inter-county career[edit]

Fives made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Waterford minor team, and had one championship season in this grade. Fives later lined out with the junior team before making his senior debut for Waterford in 1949. Over the course of the next few seasons he was a regular member of the starting fifteen. Fives later played for Galway for five seasons, ending his time there in 1959 as a two-timeAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championshiprunner-up. Two year later he was back on the inter-county scene as a member of theRoscommonjunior team. Fives won three successiveConnacht Junior Hurling Championshipmedals before retiring from inter-county hurling.

Fives was selected for the Rest of Ireland team on a number of occasions between 1952 and 1959. He also lined out withConnacht,however, he ended his career without aRailway Cupmedal.

Honours[edit]

An Chéad Cath
Galway
Roscommon

References[edit]

  1. ^abO'Sullivan, P. M. (31 August 2017)."From Waterford to Galway, Roscommon and the Congo: Jim Fives' amazing adventure".Irish Examiner.Retrieved2 September2017.
  2. ^"Col. Jim Fives RIP".Association of Retired Commissioned Officers.Retrieved31 December2020.