Din Joe Buckley
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| Native name | D. S. Ó Buachalla (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 October 2009 (aged 90) Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Joseph "Din Joe" Buckley (19 March 1919 – 8 October 2009) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.
Buckley made his first appearance for the team during the 1940 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1949 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and two National League medals. Buckley was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Buckley was an eight-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers.
His brother Connie was an All-Ireland-winning captain and another brother, Jack, was an All-Ireland medalist as a non-playing substitute in 1942.