[1] He first appeared in a Waterford jersey when he played at full-forward for the Waterford minor hurling team defeated by Cork in 1946 and he first played for the senior team in 1949 against Limerick when he came on as a substitute for Davy Power.

On his transfer back to the Waterford Post Office he played for the Mount Sion club where he became one of its greatest players, captaining two championship winning teams; hurling in 1958 and football in 1959.

They defeated all-comers from all the hurling counties and were the backbone of the great Waterford county side from 1957-63 providing six players to that team: Martin Og Morrissey, Séamus Power, Philly Grimes, Mick Flannelly, Frankie Walsh and Larry Guinan.

He was trainer, coach and selector to the county senior hurling team for a number of years and held similar positions with the Mount Sion club.

He was also one of the top referees in hurling and was in charge of the National League final in New York in the 1960s.