John Fox (hurler)
# John Fox (hurler)

John Fox (31 March 1892 – 22 July 1967) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Newmarket-on-Fergus, and also lined out at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.

## Career

Fox first played hurling in his local area with the Newmarket-on-Fergus club. He was part of the Newmarket team that succeeded in winning their very first Clare SHC title in 1912, before claiming a second winners' medal in 1916. By that stage, Fox's performances at club level had earned him a call-up to the Clare senior hurling team. He won a Munster SHC medal in 1914, before later lining out at wing-back in Clare's defeat of Laois in the 1914 All-Ireland final.

After enlisting in the British Army, Fox's hurling career was brought to a sudden end as it contravened the GAA's Rule 21. He later resumed his club hurling with Newmarket, and claimed further Clare SHC medals in 1925 and 1926.

## Personal life and death

Fox joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1915, which was somewhat of a propaganda boost for the British recruitment officers. During the Battle of the Somme, he received a serious head injury and returned to hospital in Dublin to recuperate. Fox later worked as a labourer at Dromoland Castle.

Fox died from heart failure at St Joseph's Hospital, Ennis on 22 July 1967, at the age of 75.

## Honours

### Newmarket-on-Fergus

* Clare Senior Hurling Championship: 1912, 1916, 1925, 1926

### Clare

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1914
* Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1914
