Jack Harding (hurler)

Jack Harding
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Hairdín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-forward
Born	23 June 1933; Curracloe, County Wexford, Ireland
Died	2 July 2020 (aged 87); Curracloe, County Wexford, Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Shelmaliers
Club titles
Wexford titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1959–1960	Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0

John Harding (23 June 1933 – 2 July 2020) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with the Shelmaliers club and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Wexford senior hurling team in 1960.

Playing career

Born in Curracloe, Harding first played hurling with his local Shelmaliers club, winning a county junior championship medal in 1954.^[1] After lining out at midfield for the Wexford junior team, he was drafted onto the senior team as full-forward for the 1960 Leinster Championship. Harding claimed a Leinster Championship medal that season before later winning an All-Ireland Championship medal after Wexford's shock win over Tipperary in the final. After a short-lived inter-county career, Harding continued to line out with Shelmaliers, with whom he won a second junior county championship title in 1966.

Harding died at his home in Curracloe on 2 July 2020.^[2]^[3] His wife predeceased him in 2005 and he was survived by his eight children.

^ "A Brief History of the Shelmalier GAA Club". Shelmaliers GAA website. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
^ Moran, Seán (2 July 2020). "Wexford All-Ireland winner Jack Harding dies aged 87". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ Moran, Seán (4 July 2020). "Wexford 1960 All-Ireland winner passes away". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 4 July 2020.