Patrick "Pat" Fleury (born 18 May 1956) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Born in Drumcullen, County Offaly, Fleury first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Presentation Brothers College in Birr.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Fleury ended his career without a Railway Cup medal.
During his schooling at the Presentation College in Birr, Fleury established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team.
After making some appearances in the pre-season Walsh Cup, Fleury made his senior championship debut in a 6–6 to 4–12 Leinster quarter-final draw with Kildare.
Reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkenny provided the opposition, however, a remarkable 3–17 to 5–10 victory gave Fleury his first Leinster medal.
After fourteen minutes Pat Carroll scored the opening goal of the game for Offaly, however, neither side built up a strong lead.
With just over twenty minutes left in the game Galway led by six points, however, the team failed to score for the rest of the match.
Offaly retained their Leinster title in 1985 with Fleury adding a fourth provincial memento to this collection following a 5–15 to 0–17 trouncing of Laois.
A 2–11 to 1–12 victory gave Fleury his second All-Ireland medal while he also had the honour of collecting the Liam MacCarthy Cup as captain.
A row over sponsorship erupted soon afterwards when a locally-based mobile telephone company agreed a deal with the Offaly team.
On the week of their championship match against Wexford the local newspapers printed photographs of the Offaly players endorsing the new, but unofficial, sponsor.
The county board were forced to issue a prompt statement underlining their unqualified commitment to Carroll Meats who were the long-time sponsors of Offaly.
In the meantime, Fleury faced further internal strife with a number of players walking away after a lack of game time.
[7][8] Born in Drumcullen, County Offaly, Fleury was educated at the local national school before later completing his Leaving Certificate at the Presentation College in Birr.
He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts at University College Galway, before qualifying as a secondary school teacher.