Laurence "Larry" Blake (7 March 1909 – 5 October 1957) was an
Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the
Clare senior team.
Blake made his first appearance for the team during the
1929 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a decade until his retirement after the
1939 championship. During that time he won one
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
medal and was a regular member of the Munster team (inter provincial).
Blake was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Blake was a one-time
county club championship medalist with
Ennis Dalcassians.
References
1909 births
1957 deaths
Ennis Dalcassians hurlers
Clare inter-county hurlers
Munster inter-provincial hurlers
Place of death missing
20th-century Irish sportsmen
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