Pat Hayden

Pat "Diamond" Hayden

Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó hEideáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-back
Born	(1916-03-26)26 March 1916 Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	16 January 1979(1979-01-16) (aged 62) Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname	The Diamond
Occupation	Lorry driver
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Castle Rovers Éire Óg
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1945-1955	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

Pat "Diamond" Hayden (26 March 1916 – 16 January 1979) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

Born in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Hayden first played competitive hurling whilst at national school. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-nine when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his debut in the 1945 Four Counties League, while also playing for the county junior team. Hayden went on to play a key part for Kilkenny for over a decade, and won one All-Ireland medal and three Leinster medals.

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, Hayden won one Railway Cup medal in 1954. At club level he won one championship medal with Éire Óg, after beginning his career with Castle Rovers.