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{{short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Phil Wilson
| irish = Pilib Mac Liam
| birth_date = 1939
| birth_place=[[Ballyhogue]], [[County Wexford]], Ireland
| feet = 6
| inches = 0
| nickname =
| occupation = Shop owner
| county = Wexford
| province = Leinster
| club = Ballyhogue [[Oylegate–Glenbrien GAA|Oylegate–Glenbrien]] [[Rapparees Starlights GAA|Rapparees Starlights]]
| clposition = Midfield
| clubs =
| clyears =
| clapps(points) =
| clcountyf = 5
| clcountyh = 2
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| counties = [[Wexford senior football team|Wexford]] ([[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|SF]]) [[Wexford senior hurling team|Wexford]] ([[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|SH]])
| icposition = Midfield
| icyears = 1956-1970 1961-1974
| icapps(points) =
| icprovince = 4
| icallireland = 1
| nhl = 2
| allstars =
| clupdate =
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}}
'''Philip Wilson''' (born 1939) is an Irish [[hurling]] manager and former [[dual player]]. At club level, he lined played with Ballyhogue, [[Oylegate–Glenbrien GAA|Oylegate–Glenbrien]] and [[Rapparees Starlights GAA|Rapparees Starlights]] and at inter-county level played both hurling and [[Gaelic football]] with the Wexford senior teams.

==Playing career==

At club level, Wilson first played hurling and Gaelic football with Ballyhogue. He was part of five [[Wexford Senior Football Championship|Wexford SFC]]-winning teams between 1962 and 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wexfordgaa.ie/ballyhogues-golden-era/|title=Ballyhogue's 1962 heroes honoured|publisher=Wexford GAA website|date=10 October 2012|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref> Wilson also had success as a hurler with Ballyhogue, winning [[Wexford Junior Hurling Championship|Wexford JHC]] medals in 1965 and 1971. Both of those victories were immediately followed by [[Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship|Wexford IHC]] titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Wexford/ClubTitles|title=Club Titles - Wexford|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=|access-date=2 May 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

Wilson also lined out with a number of other clubs during his career. He was part of the [[Oylegate–Glenbrien GAA|Oylegate–Glenbrien]] team that beat [[Horeswood GAA|Horeswood]] to win the [[Wexford Senior Hurling Championship|Wexford SHC]] title in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/oylegate-glenbrien-gaa-club-to-honour-teams-of-the-past/42427737.html|title=Oylegate-Glenbrien GAA Club to honour teams of the past|publisher=Wexford People|date=12 April 2023|access-date=2 May 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> He ended his club career with [[Rapparees Starlights GAA|Rapparees Starlights]], winning Wexford IFC honours in 1977 before claiming a second Wexford SHC medal in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wexfordgaa.ie/why-the-gaa-needs-townies/|title=Why the GAA needs ‘townies'|publisher=Wexford GAA website|date=13 October 2012|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>

At inter-county level, Wilson first played for [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] during a two-year tenure as a [[dual player]] at minor level in 1956 and 1957. He was still eligible for the minor grade when he made his [[Wexford senior football team]] debut in the [[1956–57 National Football League (Ireland)|1956–57 National Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/wexford/article/index/97446|title=Phil Wilson|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=1 July 1994|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref> A period of time spent in [[England]] resulted in Wilson lining out with both [[London GAA|London]] teams as a dual player. He won an [[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland JHC]] medal after a 4-08 to 2-11 win over [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]] in the [[1960 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship#All-Ireland final replay|1960 All-Ireland junior final replay]].

Wilson returned to Ireland and made his [[Wexford senior hurling team]] debut in 1961. He won four [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster SHC]] medals in total and, after All-Ireland final defeats by [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] in 1962 and 1965, he claimed an [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland SHC]] medal in 1968 after lining out at full-forward in the 5-08 to 3-12 victory over Tipperary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/tipp-v-wexford-previous-championship-meetings/27454338.html|title=Tipp v Wexford Previous Championship meetings|publisher=Irish Independent|date=11 August 2001|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/mick-kinsella-a-life-less-ordinary/27728327.html|title=Mick Kinsella - a life less ordinary|publisher=Wexford People|date=26 October 2011|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref> Wilson's other inter-county honours include two [[National Hurling League]] medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/thousands-watched-wexford-hit-top-form-in-1967-league-final/40260934.html|title=Thousands watched Wexford hit top form in 1967 league final|publisher=Gorey Guardian|date=3 April 2021|access-date=26 June 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>

Performances at inter-county level for Wexford resulted in Wilson being called up to the [[Leinster GAA|Leinster]] inter-provincial team. He won [[Railway Cup]] medals in 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1972 following defeats of [[Munster GAA|Munster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/|title=Railway Cup hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=20 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Management career==

In retirement from playing, Wilson became involved in team management and coaching. He trained the [[Cloughbawn GAA|Cloughbawn]] club to the Wexford SHC title in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cloughbawn.gaa.ie/Pages/ClubNews/R.I.P.%20Seamus%20Walsh.aspx|title=RIP Séamus Walsh|publisher=Cloughbawn GAA website|date=|access-date=20 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Wilson later took charge of the [[Geraldine O'Hanrahans GAA|Geraldine O'Hanrahans]] club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/wilson-appointed-goh-intermediate-hurling-boss/27186264.html|title=Wilson appointed GOH intermediate hurling boss|publisher=Irish Independent|date=4 March 2001|access-date=20 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===

;Oylegate–Glenbrien
*[[Wexford Senior Hurling Championship]]: 1963

;Rapparees Starlights
*[[Wexford Senior Hurling Championship]]: 1978
*Wexford Intermediate Football Championship: 1977

;Ballyhogue
*[[Wexford Senior Football Championship]]: 1962, 1963, 1964 (c), 1971, 1972
*[[Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship]]: 1966, 1972
*[[Wexford Junior Hurling Championship]]: 1965, 1971

;London
*[[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship]]: [[1960 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship|1960]]

;Wexford
*[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1968]]
*[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|1962]], [[1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|1965]], [[1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|1968]], [[1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|1970]]
*[[National Hurling League]]: [[1966–67 National Hurling League|1966–67]], [[1972–73 National Hurling League|1972–73]]
*[[Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship]]: [[1965 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship#Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship|1965]]

;Leinster
*[[Railway Cup]]: [[1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1964]], [[1965 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1965]], [[1967 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1967]], [[1972 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1972]]

===Management===

;Cloughbawn
*[[Wexford Senior Hurling Championship]]: 1993

==References==
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