Jimmy Smyth (hurler)
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| Native name | Séamus Mac Gabhann (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1931 Ruan, County Clare, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 February 2013 (aged 82) Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | GAA administrator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Smyth (1 January 1931 – 9 February 2013) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.
Smyth made his first appearance for the team during the 1948–49 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1967 championship. During that time he won one Oireachtas medal and one Thomond Feis medal, and was a Munster final runner-up on two occasions.
At club level, Smyth was a five-time county club championship medallist with Ruan.
After retirement from play Smyth, in 1984 he was named on a special Hurling Team of the Century made up of players never to have won an All-Ireland medal. In 2000 he was named on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.