All-Time Great Seamus Callanan Retires.

evolvingtipperary101 · 06-09-2023 1:54pm #1

Best inside forward of his generation - best goal scorer of his generation.

In 2019, Seamie Callanan passed Henry Shefflin to become the all time highest scorer from play in Championship hurling.

40 goals from play.

One of the great all ireland displays - 9 points from play (13 in total) in the 2016 final.

Career summed up by the 3-9 (3-4 from play) for a struggling Tipp team in the 2015 semi

Seamus Callanan Hurling Hat-Trick vs Galway 2015 - YouTube

Seamus Callanan (Tipperary) - Best Moments - Goals and Points - YouTube

BK5 · 06-09-2023 1:57pm

What a full forward, could win his own ball but he also seemed to have the knack for knowing where the ball was going to land and he'd always be there running onto it to score.

Sweet.Science · 06-09-2023 2:39pm

Ah what a player. The best goal scorer I've ever seen . Legend up there with Kelly and English.

yknaa · 06-09-2023 2:43pm

Didn't he score at least a goal in every game of the championship in '19? Some going ...

limerickabroad · 06-09-2023 2:45pm

Can only say that, as a Limerick person, he's the best Tipperary player I've ever seen. Very nice fella off the field as well. He'll be missed

Mushy · 06-09-2023 9:33pm

What a player, he was lethal at his best, as good as the best of them. Think it was inevitable I guess with the injuries.

evolvingtipperary101 · 06-09-2023 11:04pm

https://twitter.com/NedzerB13/status/1699529999269732355?s=20

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evolvingtipperary101 · 07-09-2023 3:11pm

Final stats put together by OurGame

randd1 · 07-09-2023 4:19pm

Great, great player, Tipps best modern forward in my view.

On the slide since 2019 due to sheer rotten luck with injuries. They haven't replaced his presence in the team either, his boots are too big to fill.

What a player. Good luck to him.

YabaDabaDooley · 07-09-2023 7:32pm

I echo all the above posts. Saw him play many times. Brilliant player. Unstoppable at his best. Big, powerful man. Not a dirty stroke in him. Played it hard and fair. His final stats from play as evolvingtipp highlighted are unrivalled. Up there with Jimmy Doyle, N English, Eoin Kelly as Tipp's greatest forwards.

awaywithyou · 07-09-2023 8:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121082205#Comment_121082205

eoin kelly was a serious hurler... i would say callanan was much better tho... he had an huge goal threat that Kelly who was more of a point scorer didnt have

Mad about baa baas · 08-09-2023 7:14am

In top form he was nearly unstoppable..top class hurler..should have got hurler of the year the year Austin gleeson got it

All-Time Great Seamus Callanan Retires.

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