After establishing himself as goalkeeper on the club's senior team, he went on to win three County Championship titles in four years.
Fitzgerald's performances at club level saw him being selected for the Cork senior hurling team and he made his first appearance in the 1909 Munster final defeat by Tipperary.
[1] He also lined out in the 1912 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny, having earlier claimed his only senior silverware when Cork won the Munster Championship title.
Kelleher was born in Geraldine Place, Ballintemple in December 1885, the fifth of eight surviving children of Edward and Anne Fitzgerald (née Donoghue).
Fitzgerald died at his home in Victoria Road, Cork after a period of ill health on 24 November 1969.