Declan Browne

{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| image = Semple Stadium Wall of Fame 2.jpg

| name = Declan Browne

| irish = Déaglan de Brun

| sport = Gaelic football

| code = Football

| county = Tipperary

| province = Munster

| feet = 5

| inches = 8

| clposition = Forward

| club = Moyle Rovers

| clyears = ? 1995–present

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty = 7 (senior football)
2 (junior hurling)

| clprovince = 1 (junior hurling)

| clubs = Moyle Rovers

| counties = Tipperary

| icposition = Forward

| icyears = 1996–2007

| icapps(points) = 25 (9-140)

| icprovince =

| allstars = 2

| icupdate = (20:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC))

| clupdate = (20:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)))||

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|6|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tipperary, Ireland

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/browne-adds-gloss-finish-as-rovers-pushed-all-the-way-by-aherlow-1924434.html|title=Browne adds gloss finish as Rovers pushed all the way by Aherlow|publisher=Irish Independent|date=2009-10-26|access-date=2010-09-10}} He represented Ireland against Australia in the 2003 and 2004 International Rules series.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=36321|title=O'Keeffe fuming over late, late tackle|publisher=Hoganstand.com|date=2003-10-22|access-date=2010-09-10}}

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.{{Cite news |title=Browne is Tipperary's lone star |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/browne-is-tipperary-s-lone-star-1.221524 |access-date=2023-01-15 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=50868|title=McCarthy hails 'super' Browne|publisher=Hoganstand.com|date=2005-09-15|access-date=2010-09-10}} In 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter-county scene, following Tipperary's defeat by Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=80217|title=Browne lost hunger for game|publisher=Hoganstand.com|date=2007-07-10|access-date=2010-09-10}}

Management

Browne took over as the manager of the Tipperary Under-21 Football team in September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/tipperary-hero-declan-browne-takes-u21-county-reins-423153.html|title= Tipperary hero Declan Browne takes U21 county reins|date=28 September 2016|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=3 March 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/sport/237832/declan-browne-who-are-we-to-think-that-we-are-better-than-limerick.html|title= Declan Browne: 'Who are we to think that we are better than Limerick?'|date=1 March 2017|work=Tipperary Star|access-date=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/declan-browne-tipperary-u21-limerick-3273574-Mar2017/|title=From winning 2 All-Stars with the Tipperary senior footballers to the new U21 manager|date=7 March 2017|work=The 42|access-date=8 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/limerick-tipperary-u21s-3278033-Mar2017/|title=Limerick stun Declan Browne's Tipperary with dramatic extra-time victory|date=8 March 2017|work=The 42|access-date=9 March 2017}}

In January 2021, Browne joined the Tipperary senior football management team as the forwards coach.{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0107/1188383-browne-joins-tipp-management-team-as-forwards-coach/|title=Declan Browne joins Tipp management team as forwards coach|date=8 January 2021|work=RTE Sport|access-date= 8 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/michael-quinlivan-tipperary-declan-browne-5434395-May2021/|title='He has been a breath of fresh air, with little pearls of wisdom' - Tipperary legend turns coach|date=12 May 2021|work=The 42|accessdate= 12 May 2021}}

Career Statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|Year ! colspan="3" \|National League ! colspan="2" \|Munster ! colspan="2" \|All-Ireland ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score
rowspan="12" \|Tipperary \|1996 \|Division 4 \| \| \|1 \|0-00 \| colspan="2" \| - \|1 \|0-00
1997 \|Group D \| \| \|3 (?) \|1-10 \| colspan="2" \| - \|3 \|1-10
1998 \| rowspan="2" \|Division 2 Group B \| \| \|4 \|2-29 \| colspan="2" \| - \|4 \|2-29
1999 \| \| \|1 \|0-04 \| colspan="2" \| - \|1 \|0-04
2000 \|Not played \| \| \|1 \|0-08 \| colspan="2" \| - \|1 \|0-08
2001 \| colspan="9" \| -
2002 \| rowspan="6" \|Division 2 Group B \| \| \|4 \|2-20 \|1 \|0-07 \|5 \|2-27
2003 \| \| \|2 \|1-16 \|2 \|1-18 \|4 \|2-34
2004 \|6 \|2-48 \|1 \|1-03 \| colspan="2" \| - \|7 \|3-51
2005 \|4 \|0-07 \|1 \|0-09 \|1 \|1-02 \|6 \|1-18
2006 \|7 \|2-31 \|1 \|0-05 \|1 \|0-04 \|9 \|2-40
2007 \| \| \|1 \|0-05 \| colspan="2" \| - \|1 \|0-05
colspan="3" \|Total ! ! !20 !7-109 !5 !2-31 !25 !9-141

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