Vinny Staples

Vinny Staples
Personal information
Irish name	Uinseann Mac an Ghaill
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1945 Piercestown, County Wexford, Ireland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Martin's
Club titles
Wexford titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1965-1974	Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Vincent "Vinny" Staples (born 1945) is an Irish retired hurler who enjoyed a successful career as a right wing-back with the Wexford senior team.

Born in Piercestown, County Wexford, Staples was introduced to hurling in his youth. He enjoyed championship successes in the junior and intermediate grades with the St. Martin's club.

Staples made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team. An All-Ireland medal winner in this grade he later won an All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team.^[1] Staples made his senior debut during the 1965 championship. He went on to play a key role for Wexford in defence during a successful era, and won one All-Ireland medal, two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.^[2] Staples was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

Staples retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1974 championship.

Honours

St. Martin's

Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1964, 1977
Wexford Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1963

Wexford

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1968
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (4): 1965, 1968
National Hurling League (1): 1966–67
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1965
Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 1964, 1965, 1966
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1963
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1963

References

↑ "Memories return of sole U-21 win". Wexford People. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Decades of glory". Premier view website. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

Vinny Staples navigation boxes

Wexford – 1963 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 L. Byrne 2 J. Hartley 3 M. Nolan 4 E. O'Connor 5 J. Murphy 6 M. Kinsella 7 V. Staples 8 W. Bernie 9 C. Rafferty 10 C. Dowdall 11 T. Doran 12 F. Swords 13 W. Carley 14 S. Barron 15 P. Quigley Sub used B. Gaule

Wexford – 1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship runners-up

1 M. Jacob 2 J. Dunne 3 D. Quigley 4 B. Doyle 5 V. Staples 6 J. Berry (c) 7 W. Murphy 8 M. Byrne 9 J. Doran 10 C. Dowdall 11 C. Jacob 12 O. Cullen 13 S. Barron 14 T. Maher 15 P. Quigley Subs used M. Kinsella for J. Dunne B. Murray for M. Byrne P. O'Connor fpr T. Maher

Wexford – 1965 All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 M. Jacob 2 W. O'Neill 3 D. Quigley 4 A. Somers 5 V. Staples 6 M. Kinsella 7 W. Murphy 8 E. Ryan 9 J. Doran 10 C. Dowdall 11 P. Quigley 12 S. Barron 13 T. Maher 14 T. Doran 15 J. Berry Sub used C. Jacob

Wexford – 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship runners-up

1 H. Butler
2 W. O'Neill
3 M. Nolan
4 A. Somers
5 W. Bowe
6 M. Kinsella
7 V. Staples
8 M. Jacob
9 C. Dowdall
10 S. Barron
11 P. Quigley
12 J. Quigley
13 P. Butler
14 T. Doran
15 E. Cousins

Sub used: M. Gardiner

Played in first game: J. Murphy; T. Murphy

Sub used in first game: B. Ronan for T. Murphy

Played in second game: P. O'Brien; B. Ronan

Subs used in second game: N. Rochford for B. Ronan; B. Ronan for N. Rochford

Wexford – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 P. Nolan 2 W. O'Neill 3 D. Quigley 4 N. Colfer 5 V. Staples 6 T. Neville (c) 7 W. Murphy 8 P. Wilson 9 M. Byrne 10 J. O'Brien 11 J. Nolan 12 D. Shannon 13 P. Quigley 14 M. Codd 15 J. Foley Subs used 21 N. Wheeler for J. Nolan 22 O. McGrath for P. Quigley Subs not used 16 J. Murphy 17 M. Browne 18 L. Butler 19 A. Butler 20 C. Dowdall

Wexford – 1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (5th title)

Sub used: 19 J. Quigley for S. Whelan

Subs not used: 16 P. Nolan (New Ross); 17 T. O'Connor; 18 M. Jacob; 20 M. Kinsella; 21 S. Barron; 22 N. Buggy; 23 M. Browne; 24 J. Furlong

Manager: P. Kehoe
Selector: N. Rackard
Trainer: N. Power

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