title: Liam Dowling
text: # Liam Dowling
  
  Liam Dowling (25 January 1931 – 20 November 1996) was an Irish former hurler who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team.
  
  Dowling made his first appearance for the team during the 1952 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen at various intervals for much of the next decade. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal.
  
  At club level Dowling is a county senior championship medalist with Sarsfields. He also played with Castlemartyr.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  ### Club
  
  Dowling began his club hurling career with his local Castlemartyr club.
  
  In 1951 he won his first county junior championship with the club following a 6-5 to 2-7 defeat of Cloughduv.
  
  Dowling won further divisional titles with the club before moving to the Sarsfields club in the mid-fifties. 'Sars' secured the county senior championship in 1957.
  
  The 1960s saw Dowling switch his club allegiance back to Castlemartyr once again. He won a second county junior championship with the club in 1964, as Cloughduv were accounted for once again.
  
  ### Inter-county
  
  Dowling first came to prominence with the Cork senior hurlers in the early 1950s. He won his first Munster title as a full-forward in 1952. Dowling later collected his first All-Ireland medal following a victory over Dublin in the championship decider. Cork continued their winning ways in 1953 with Dowling adding a National Hurling League medal to his collection. He later collected his second Munster title before later winning a second All-Ireland medal, following Cork’s defeat of Galway in one of the dirtiest All-Ireland finals ever.
  
  