Sim Walton

Sim Walton

Simon 'Sim' Walton (1880–1966) was a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the first two decades of the 20th century. Walton captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title in 1912.

Waltons’s status as one of Kilkenny’s all-time greats is self-evident. In a senior inter-county career that lasted for seventeen years he won seven All-Ireland titles and ten Leinster titles. Walton, together with Dick Doyle, Jack Rochford and Dick Walsh, became the first player in the history of the championship to win seven All-Ireland hurling titles on the field of play. This record was later surpassed by Christy Ring and John Doyle.