Declan Browne

Declan Browne

Personal information
Irish name	Déaglan de Brun
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	16 June 1978 Tipperary, Ireland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
? 1995-2012	Moyle Rovers
Club titles
Tipperary titles	7 (senior football) 2 (junior hurling)
Munster titles	1 (junior hurling)
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1996 - 2007	Tipperary	25
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All Stars	2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (20:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)).

Declan Browne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football player who played at inter-county level for Tipperary for 11 years. He currently plays his club football for Moyle Rovers.^[1] He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.^[2]

Playing career

Browne made his championship debut in 1996 in a Munster championship game against Kerry. Browne received Tipperary's first football All-Star in 1998 when he was picked at corner-forward after leading the Tipperary team to the Munster Football Final. Browne won his second All-Star award in 2003. He has won seven Tipperary Senior Football Championship medals with his club, Moyle Rovers. He won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal in 1995, a Munster and All Ireland Minor Hurling medal in 1996 and a Munster U-21 Hurling medal in 1999 as well as a McGrath Cup medal in 2003 and was awarded the Munster footballer of the year award for that same year. He also won 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals. Browne captained Tipperary to win the 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup.^[3] In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.^[4]

Honours

• 7 Tipperary Senior Football Championship 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2007 2009
• 2 Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship 1998 2007
• 2 All-Star 1998 2003
• 1 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
• 1 Munster Minor Hurling Championship 1996
• 1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1996
• 1 Munster Minor Football Championship 1995
• 1 McGrath Cup 2003
• 1 Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship 2000
• 1 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship 2000
• 1 Tommy Murphy Cup 2005
• 1 Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship 1999
• 2 Fitzgibbon Cup 1999 2000

References

1. "Browne adds gloss finish as Rovers pushed all the way by Aherlow". Irish Independent. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
2. "O’Keeffe fuming over late, late tackle". Hoganstand.com. 2003-10-22. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
3. "McCarthy hails ’super’ Browne". Hoganstand.com. 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
4. "Browne lost hunger for game". Hoganstand.com. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2010-09-10.