Nicholas Rackard was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Wexford senior team spanned seventeen years from 1940 to 1957.
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32 Facts About Nicky Rackard
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Nicky Rackard established many championship scoring records, including being the top championship goal-scorer of all time with 59 goals.
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Nicky Rackard is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
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Nicky Rackard played competitive hurling as a boarder at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny.
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Nicky Rackard made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Wexford minor panel.
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Nicky Rackard was just out of the minor grade when he was selected for the Wexford senior team in 1940.
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Nicky Rackard won four Leinster medals, one National Hurling League medal and one Leinster medal as a Gaelic footballer.
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Nicky Rackard was most famous for his scoring prowess and was the all-time top championship scorer at the time of his retirement from hurling.
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Nicky Rackard was posthumously honoured by being named on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 he was sensationally omitted from the Hurling Team of the Millennium in favour of Ray Cummins.
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Nicky Rackard's parents were Robert Rackard and Anastasia Doran, who had been married in 1918.
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Nicky Rackard was born into a family that was mildly interested in sport.
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Nicky Rackard's granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.
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Nicky Rackard was educated locally and later attended St Kierans College, Kilkenny, a virtual academy for young hurling talent.
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Nicky Rackard later attended University College Dublin where he studied to be a veterinary surgeon.
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Nicky Rackard played his club hurling with his local Rathnure club and enjoyed much success.
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Two years later in 1950 Nicky Rackard captured a second county title, a victory which allowed him to take over the captaincy of the county senior team for the following year.
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Nicky Rackard made his debut for the county team in 1940 and spent much of the decade at midfield.
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The game itself saw Nicky Rackard give a remarkable display of hurling artistry; however, Tipp's forward line ran riot and scored seven goals.
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Once again, Nicky Rackard ran riot in the forward line and amassed a personal tally of seven goals and seven points.
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In 1955 Nicky Rackard won his third Leinster title an All-Ireland medal still eluded his collection.
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Nicky Rackard's personal life away from the hurling pitch was a deeply troubled one, marred by excessive drinking.
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When Wexford celebrated All-Ireland success in 1955 and 1956 Nicky Rackard was a teetotaller.
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Nicky Rackard finally quit by 1970 after joining Alcoholics Anonymous.
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When Nicky Rackard quit drink for the final time he was practically broke.
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Nicky Rackard pieced his life together again, rebuilt his veterinary practice and indulged his passion for horses, enjoying wins in point-to-points and other major race events.
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In February 1974 Nicky Rackard noticed strange lumps on his neck which he had later removed.
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Nickey Nicky Rackard is generally regarded as perhaps one of the greatest hurlers of all-time.
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Nicky Rackard was personally honoured by being posthumously named on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984.
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Nicky Rackard was not named on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000, with the full-forward position going to Cork's Ray Cummins.
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Nicky Rackard's scoring prowess has earned Rackard a place on the top ten list of all-time scoring greats.
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