He was part of the Newmarket team that succeeded in winning their very first Clare SHC title in 1912, before claiming a second winners' medal in 1916.
[1] By that stage, Fox's performances at club level had earned him a call-up to the Clare senior hurling team.
He won a Munster SHC medal in 1914, before later lining out at wing-back in Clare's defeat of Laois in the 1914 All-Ireland final.
[2][3][4] After enlisting in the British Army, Fox's hurling career was brought to a sudden end as it contravened the GAA's Rule 21.
Fox joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1915, which was somewhat of a propaganda boost for the British recruitment officers.