Declan Browne

Declan Browne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and player who competed 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]

Declan Browne
Personal information
Irish name Déaglan de Brun
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978
Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
? 1995-present
 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
All Stars 2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (20:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)).

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]

Management

Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016.[5] His first game in charge was against Limerick on 8 March 2017 in the Munster Under-21 Football Championship which Tipperary lost 0-14 to 0-16.[6][7][8]

In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.[9]

Honours
Moyle Rovers
Tipperary
Waterford Institute of Technology
Munster
Individual

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.
  5. "Tipperary hero Declan Browne takes U21 county reins". Irish Examiner. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. "Declan Browne: 'Who are we to think that we are better than Limerick?'". Tipperary Star. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "From winning 2 All-Stars with the Tipperary senior footballers to the new U21 manager". The 42. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. "Limerick stun Declan Browne's Tipperary with dramatic extra-time victory". The 42. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. "Declan Browne joins Tipp management team as forwards coach". RTE Sport. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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