:Jim Buttimer

{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Jim Buttimer

| irish = Séamus Buitiméar

| fullname = James Buttimer

| feet = 5

| inches = 7

| occupation = Milk vendor

| nickname =

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club =

| clposition = Goalkeeper

| clubs = St Finbarr's

| clyears = 1930-1942

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty = 3

| clprovince=

| clallireland =

| counties = Cork

| icposition = Goalkeeper

| icyears = 1933-1942

| icapps(points) = 16 (0-00)

| icprovince = 1

| icallireland = 2

| nhl = 2

| clupdate =

| icupdate =

| birth_date = 1909

| death_date = 7 August 1962 (aged 53)

| birth_place=Cork, Ireland

| death_place=Cork, Ireland

}}

James Buttimer (1909 – 7 August 1962) was an Irish hurler and selector. At club level he played with St Finbarr's and played at senior level for the Cork county team. Buttimer usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

=Club=

Born in Cork, Buttimer first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with St Finbarr's. He joined the club's senior team as first-choice goalkeeper in 1930. Within three years of joining the team, Buttimer had secured two Cork SHC medals as St Finbarr's beat Carrigtwohill in consecutive finals in 1932 and 1933 before losing to Glen Rovers in the 1934 final.{{cite web|url=http://www.stfinbarrsnhf.ie/contentPage/346845/t_h_e_b_a_r_r_s-a_h_i_s_t_o_r_y|title=The Barrs - a history|publisher=St. Finbarr's GAA website|date=|accessdate=29 June 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://carrigtwohillgaa.com/content_page/10062640/|title=History - honour without glory|publisher=Carrigtwohill GAA website|date=|accessdate=29 June 2022}} After almost a decade without a St Finbarr's appearance in a final, he won a third winners' medal after a defeat of Ballincollig in the 1942 final.

=Inter-county=

Buttimer's performances at club level with St Finbarr's resulted in a call-up to the Cork senior hurling team. He was sub-goalkeeper for Cork's unsuccessful 1933 Munster SHC campaign before breaking onto the starting fifteen as first-choice goalkeeper for the 1935 Munster SHC first round defeat of Tipperary.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201930%20-%201939.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1930-1939|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} Buttimer was dropped from the team for Cork's next championship game and remained off the panel until a recall in 1937. He claimed his first silverware when Cork beat Limerick in the 1939 Munster final, however, Cork's season ended with a defeat by Kilkenny in the 1939 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/senior-hurling/|title=Senior hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/carlowpeople/temp/scoring-hero-of-the-thunder-and-lightning-final-27035492.html|title=Scoring hero of the 'thunder and lightning' final|publisher=Carlow People|date=29 June 2010|accessdate=25 February 2013|first=|last=}}

Buttimer claimed his first national silverware when Cork secured consecutive National League titles in 1940 and 1941. At the end of the latter season he won his first All-Ireland medal after lining out in goal in the defeat of Dublin in the 1941 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30987879.html|title=How a national emergency caused Championship chaos|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 March 2020|accessdate=29 June 2022|first=|last=}} Buttimer was dropped as first-choice goalkeeper in favour of Ned Porter in 1942, however, he did come on as a substitute in Cork's opening round defeat of Limerick.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201940%20-%201949.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1940-1949|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2013|first=|last=}} He was once again introduced as a substitute for Porter in the defeat of Dublin in the 1942 All-Ireland final.

Management career

In retirement from playing, Buttimer remained heavily involved in a coaching role with the St Finbarr's club. He was one of two St Finbarr's nominees to the selection committee of the Cork senior hurling team in January 1947. Buttimer's season with the team yielded a fifth Munster Championship title in six seasons; however, Cork's season ended with a one-point defeat by Kilkenny in the 1947 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/codys-finest-hour-beckons-26235084.html|title=Cody's finest hour beckons|publisher=Irish Independent|date=14 September 2003|accessdate=29 June 2022|first=|last=}}

Death

Buttimer died at St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork on 7 August 1962, aged 53.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Death of Mr. Jim Buttimer|publisher=Evening Echo|date=11 August 1962|accessdate=29 June 2022|first=|last=}}