John Paul King (born 1982) is an Irish hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club

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. He was a member of the

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for one season, during which time he usually lined out as a left corner-forward.

Playing career

Newtownshandrum

Minor and under-21

King joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 19 October 1997, he was just 15-years-old when he lined out at left corner-forward when Newtownshandrum faced St. Finbarr's in the Premier County Minor Championship final. King was held scoreless in Newtown's 2-13 to 0-10 defeat. King subsequently progressed onto the Newtownshandrum under-21 team. On 29 November 1998, he was at left corner-forward when Newtownshandrum faced

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in the Cork Under-21 Championship final. King top scored with 1-02 from play in the 1-11 to 0-14 draw. The replay took place on 6 December 1998, with King switching to right corner-forward and scoring four points from play in the 1-12 to 0-07 victory and a first title for Newtown in 25 years. On 12 December 1999, King was at left wing-forward when Newtownshandrum lined out against Erin's Own in a second successive Cork Under-21 Championship final. He scored two points from play and collected a second successive winners' medal after the 1-13 to 1-07 victory. O'Connor lined out in a third successive under-21 final with Newtownshandrum on 17 December 2000 when the club faced

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. He scored 0-04 from midfield in the 1-17 to 1-07 victory and collected a third successive winners' medal.

Senior

On 8 October 2000, King was selected at right wing-forward when Newtownshandrum faced Erin's Own in the Cork Senior Championship final. He was held scoreless throughout the game but claimed a winners' medal following the 0-14 to 0-11 victory and a first-ever championship title for Newtown. On 15 September 2002, King was at left corner-forward when Newtownshandrum faced reigning champions Blackrock in the Cork Senior Championship final. He was again held scoreless throughout the 1-14 to 0-12 defeat. Newtownshandrum faced Blackrock in a second successive Cork Senior Championship final on 12 October 2003 with King lining out at centre-forward. He scored two points from right corner-forward in the 0-17 to 1-09 victory. On 30 November, King won a Munster Club Championship medal after scoring four points from right wing-forward in the 2-18 to 2-09 defeat of

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in the final. King was at left wing-forward when Newtownshandrum defeated

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by 0-17 to 1-06 in the All-Ireland final on 17 March 2004. On 16 October 2005, King won a third Cork Senior Championship medal when he scored two points from full-forward in a 0-15 to 0-09 defeat of Cloyne in the

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. He again scored two points from play when Newtownshandrum defeated

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to win a second Munster Club Championship title on 4 December 2005. King was switched to midfield for the All-Ireland final on 17 March 2006 but was held scoreless in the 2-08 to 1-06 defeat by Portumna. King lined out at full-forward in a fifth Cork Senior Championship final on 14 October 2007. He was held scoreless throughout the game and ended on the losing side after a 1-11 to 1-07 defeat by reigning champions Erin's Own. On 11 October 2009, King was selected on the substitutes' bench when Newtownshandrum faced Sarsfields in the Cork Senior Championship final. He was introduced as a 38th-minute substitute and claimed a fourth winners' medal after scoring a point in the 3-22 to 1-12 defeat. On 29 November 2009, King was again introduced as a substitute when Newtownshandrum won their third Munster Club Championship after a 2-11 to 2-09 defeat of Ballygunner.

Cork

Senior

King was added to the

following Newtownshandrum's All-Ireland Club Championship success in

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. On 27 June 2004, he was an unused substitute when Cork suffered a 3-16 to 1-21 defeat by

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in the

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. On 15 August 2004, King made his championship debut when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for

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at right corner-forward in a 1-27 to 0-12 defeat of

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in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 12 September 2004, he was an unused substitute when Cork defeated

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by 0-17 to 0-09 in the All-Ireland final

Career statistics

Inter-county

Honours

;Newtownshandrum *

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* Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (3):

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References

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