Jim Fives

Jim Fives
Personal information
Native name
Séamus de Fibhís (Irish)
Born10 April 1929
Died17 December 2020 (aged 91)
OccupationArmy officer
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
SportHurling
PositionRight corner-back
Club
Years Club
Tourin
An Chéad Cath
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Galway titles 1 0
Inter-county
Years County
1949–1954
1955–1959
Waterford
Galway
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

James Fives (10 April 1929 – 17 December 2020) was an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Waterford and Galway senior teams lasted ten years from 1949 until 1959. In 1984, Fives was named as captain on a special Hurling Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.