[1][2][3] Born in Killane, County Wexford, Rackard was introduced to sport by his father who had hoped he would become a cricketer.

By this stage Rackard had started playing for the local Rathnure St. Anne's club, winning a county junior championship medal in 1940.

Over the course of the next seventeen years, Rackard won two All-Ireland medals as part of the Wexford hurling breakthrough in 1955 and 1956.

Rackard was most famous for his scoring prowess and was the all-time top championship scorer at the time of his retirement from hurling.

His private life was marred by periods of excessive drinking, which had started during his university studies, and eventually developed into alcoholism.

His granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.

He was educated locally and later attended St. Kierans College, Kilkenny, a virtual academy for young hurling talent.

Wexford later faced Tipperary in the All-Ireland final, a team that was attempting to capture a third championship title in a row.

The game itself saw Rackard give a remarkable display of hurling artistry; however, Tipp's forward line ran riot and scored seven goals.

On this occasion 'the Rebels' were attempting to capture a third All-Ireland title on the trot and a record crowd turned out in Croke Park to see Rackard and Christy Ring do battle.

At half-time the men from the West led by 2–5 to 2–3, however, a Tim Flood goal nine minutes from full-time gave Wexford a deserved 3–13 to 2–8 win.

The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Wexford aiming to retain their title and gain revenge over Cork for the defeat in 1954.

The game has gone down in history as one of the all-time classics as Christy Ring was bidding for a ninth All-Ireland medal.

The game turned on one important incident as the Wexford goalkeeper, Art Foley, made a miraculous save from a Ring shot and cleared the sliothar up the field to set up another attack.

In spite of Cork's loss Wexford's Nick O'Donnell and Bobby Rackard, in an unparalleled display of sportsmanship in any game, raised Christy Ring onto their shoulders and carried him off the field.

By the late 1940s, Rackard had become a key feature on the Leinster team that participated in the annual Railway Cup inter-provincial series.

Championship scores Rackard's personal life away from the hurling pitch was a deeply troubled one, marred by excessive drinking.

He 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.