Usually lining out as at corner-back, he was a member of the Kilkenny team that won the 1922 All-Ireland Championship.
[1] Lawlor hailed from a family that had a strong association with hurling.
His close relatives, Martin and Jim Lalor, were renowned hurley makers and both won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1904 and 1905.
After being selected for the Kilkenny senior team in 1921, Lawlor was a regular member of the team for the subsequent five championship seasons.
He won his first Leinster medal in 1922 before later winning his sole All-Ireland medal after Kilkenny's defeat of Tipperary in the final.