Billy Purcell

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}

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| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Billy Purcell

| irish = Liam Puirséil

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| county = Kilkenny

| province = Leinster

| club = Fenians

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| clcounty = 0

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| counties = Kilkenny

| icposition = Left corner-forward

| icyears = 1982–1983

| icapps(points) = 2 (0-00)

| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 2

| nhl = 2

| clupdate =

| icupdate = 13:48, 28 June 2014

| birth_place=Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland

| death_place=Kilkenny, Ireland

| birth_date=30 August 1961

| death_date=14 August 2019 (aged 57)

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William Purcell (30 August 1961 – 14 August 2019) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior teams.{{cite news|url=http://www.hurlingstats.ie/person/id/4996|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629121945/http://www.hurlingstats.ie/person/id/4996|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2014|title=Profile: Billy Purcell|publisher=Hurling Stats website|accessdate=28 June 2014}}

Born in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Purcell first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1982 championship. Purcell enjoyed a brief inter-county career, winning one Leinster medal on the field of play.{{cite news|url=http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|accessdate=26 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204003136/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf|archivedate=4 December 2013}} He also won two All-Ireland medals as a non-playing substitute.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

At club level Purcell played with Fenians.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}