Larry Blake (hurler)
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Labhrás de Bláca | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born |
7 March 1909 Ennis, County Clare, Ireland | ||
Died | 5 October 1957 | ||
Occupation | Carpenter/Builder | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ennis Dalcassians | |||
Club titles | |||
Clare titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1929-1939 | Clare | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | several | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 |
Laurence "Larry" Blake (7 March 1909 – 5 October 1957) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Clare senior team.
Blake made his first appearance for the team during the 1929 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a decade until his retirement after the 1939 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal and was a regular member of the Munster team (inter provincial).[1] Blake was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Blake was a one-time county club championship medalist with Ennis Dalcassians.
References
[edit]- ^ "Munster Senior Hurling Finalists". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2012.