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{{Short description|Tipperary hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| caption = 
| name = Pat Fox
| irish = 
| feet = 5
| inches = 11
| occupation = Publican
| nickname =
| county = Tipperary
| province = Munster
| club = [[Éire Óg Annacarty GAA|Éire Óg Annacarty]]
| clposition = Forward
| clubs= 
| clyears = 1979–2005
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 0
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| counties = [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
| icposition = Right corner-forward
| icyears = 1980–1996
| icapps(points) = 37 (13–98)
| icprovince = 5
| icallireland = 2
| nhl = 2
| allstars = 3
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|7|8|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=The players fact-file|publisher=Conancht Tribune|date=2 September 1988|access-date=8 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
| birth_place=Annacarty,<br>[[County Tipperary]], Ireland
}}
'''Patrick Fox''' (born 8 July 1961)  is an Irish former [[hurling]] manager and player. At club level he played with [[Éire Óg Annacarty GAA|Éire Óg Annacarty]] and at inter-county level was a member of the [[Tipperary senior hurling team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/tipperary/article/index/49005#google_vignette|title=Pat Fox|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=2 August 1991|access-date=8 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Club career==
Fox began his career at juvenile and underage levels as a [[dual player]] with the [[Éire Óg Annacarty GAA|Éire Óg Annacarty]] club before eventually progressing to adult level. He had his first senior success in 1981 when he won a [[West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship|West Tipperary SHC]] medal after a 0–14 to 0–7 win over [[Cappawhite GAA|Cappawhite]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tipperarystudies.ie/1981-west-tipperary-senior-hurling-final/|title=1981 West Tipperary Senior Hurling Final|publisher=Tipperary Studies|date=17 December 2018|access-date=16 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Fox added a second West Tipperary SHC medal to his collection five years later in 1986. He top-scored with 1-01 in the 2-09 to 1-10 defeat of [[Golden–Kilfeacle GAA|Golden–Kilfeacle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tipperarystudies.ie/1986-west-tipperary-senior-hurling-final/|title=1986 West Tipperary Senior Hurling Final|publisher=Tipperary Studies|date=17 December 2018|access-date=16 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Fox's club career was drawing to a close when he won a [[Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship|Tipperary IHC]] title after a 0–9 to 1–5 win over [[Silvermines GAA|Silvermines]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/589e4e01e58c627caaf6340a/t/5dbd9d307743ac695251675b/1572707633360/P60-65+-+Eire+Og+1994.pdf|title=1994 Intermediate hurling champions|publisher=Seámus J. King website|date=|access-date=16 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Inter-county career==
Fox began his inter-county career with [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] during a two-year tenure as a dual player at minor level in 1978 and 1979. He was in his final season as a minor when he was drafted onto the Tipperary under-21 team and ended the year with an [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|All-Ireland U21HC]] medal after a 2–12 to 1–9 win over [[Galway GAA|Galway]] in the [[1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final|final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/tipperary/Profile|title=Tipperary profile|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=|access-date=9 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> It was the first of three successive winners' medals for Fox, as he was also involved when [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] had All-Ireland final defeats in 1980 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/u20h_teams/|title=Under-21 hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=15 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

Fox joined the [[Tipperary senior hurling team|senior team]] in 1980 and made his debut in a [[1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster SHC]] semi-final defeat by [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/sport/246307/do-not-miss-tipperary-legend-pat-fox-on-laochra-gael-this-week.html|title=Do not miss Tipperary legend Pat Fox on 'Laochra Gael' this week|publisher=Tipperary Live|date=22 April 2017|access-date=15 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He suffered a [[cruciate ligament injury (disambiguation)|cruciate ligament injury]] in 1982, an injury which resulted in him being off the Tipperary team for the following two seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/i-was-told-to-have-an-operation-on-my-knee-or-play-away/30509792.html|title='I was told to have an operation on my knee or play away'|publisher=Irish Independent|date=15 August 2014|access-date=15 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He played with Tipperary's [[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship|junior team]] in 1984, before returning to the senior team a year later.

Fox won his first [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster SHC]] medal after a 4–22 to 1–22 extra-time defeat of Cork in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2017/07/05/famine-ending-tip-to-killarney-to-be-remembered-30-years-on/|title=Famine ending trip to Killarney to be remembered 30 years on|publisher=The Nenagh Guardian|date=5 July 2017|access-date=15 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He was the championship's [[1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Top scorers|overall top scorer]] that year with 3–45, while he also won his first [[GAA All Stars Awards|All-Star award]]. Fox added a [[National Hurling League]] medal and a second consecutive Munster SHC medal to his collection the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/senior-hurling/|title=Senior hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=15 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He later lined out at wing-forward in the 1–15 to 0–14 defeat by [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]] in the [[1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final|1988 All-Ireland SHC final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/galway-tipperary-all-ireland-hurling-semi-final-2-2271403-Aug2015/|title=8 classic memories from Galway and Tipperary's senior hurling championship rivalry|publisher=The 42|date=14 August 2015|access-date=8 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Fox claimed a third successive Munster SHC medal in 1989. He later won his first [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland SHC]] medal after scoring 1–2 from corner-forward in the 4–24 to 3–9 defeat of [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]] in the [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final|1989 All-Ireland SHC final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/sport/426477/tipperary-s-1989-heroes-will-be-honoured-by-the-gpa-on-the-eve-of-this-year-s-all-ireland-senior-hurling-final.html|title=Tipperary's 1989 heroes will be honoured by the GPA on the eve of this year's All-Ireland senior hurling final|publisher=Tipperary Live|date=25 June 2019|access-date=8 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Fox ended the season with a second All-Star award.

After surrendering their titles in 1990, Fox won a fourth Munster SHC medal in five seasons after a 4–19 to 4–15 defeat of Cork. He later claimed a second All-Ireland SHC medal after scoring five points and being named [[man of the match]] in the 1–16 to 0–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final|1991 All-Ireland SHC final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/rivalry-seeking-renaissance/26038085.html|title=Rivalry seeking renaissance|publisher=Irish Independent|date=17 August 2002|access-date=8 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He ended the season with a third All-Star award, and was also named [[Texaco Hurler of the Year|Hurler of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.the42.ie/pat-fox-laochra-gael-3361345-Apr2017/|title=Miss the Pat Fox episode of Laochra Gael last night? It's here in full|date=27 April 2017|publisher=The 42|access-date=27 April 2017}}</ref> Fox won a fifth and final Munster SHC medal in 1993. He added a second National Hurling League title to his collection in 1994, in what proved to be his last silverware with the Tipperary senior team. Fox retired from inter-county hurling following Tipperary's defeat by [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]] in the [[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1996 Munster SHC]] final replay.

==Inter-provincial career==
Fox's performances at inter-county level resulted in his selection for [[Munster GAA|Munster]] in their [[1982 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1982 Railway Cup]] semi-final defeat by [[Connacht GAA|Connacht]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/|title=Railway Cup Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> It was the first of five appearances for the Munster team; however, all of them ended with semi-final defeats.

==Managerial career==
Fox was in the twilight of his club career when he became involved in team management. He was [[player-manager]] with the Éire Óg Annacarty intermediate team in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Comfotable win for Éire Óg|publisher=Tipperary Star|date=5 June 2004|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Éire Óg Annacarty
*[[West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship]]: 1981, 1986
*[[Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship]]: 1994

;Tipperary
*[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1989]], [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1991]]
*[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1987]], [[1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1988]], [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1989]], [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1991]], [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1993]]
*[[National Hurling League]]: [[1987–88 National Hurling League|1987–88]], [[1993–94 National Hurling League|1993–94]]
*[[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]]: [[1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|1979]], [[1980 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|1980]], [[1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|1981]]
*[[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]]: [[1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship|1979]], [[1980 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship|1980]], [[1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship|1981]]

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