posthumously named on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984. He was not named on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000, with the full-forward position going to Cork's Ray Cummins. His scoring prowess has also earned Rackard a place on the top ten list of all-time scoring greats. In 2005 the GAA further honoured Rackard by naming the Nicky Rackard Cup, the hurling competition for Division 3 teams, in his honour. In 2006, a Wexford author, Tom Williams, wrote a long-overdue biography of Rackard entitled Cuchulainn's Son – The Story of Nickey Rackard. The same author also penned a now well-known song about Rackard many years earlier. It too was called Cuchulainn's Son and has been recorded by various artists over the last 20 years and is a lament for the great sportsman. In Wexford town, there is a statue to commemorate Rackard, erected in 2012. Sources Colm Keane, Hurling's Top 20. Mainstream Publishing, 2002. Billy Rackard, No Hurling at the Dairy Door. Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1996. . References 1922 births 1976 deaths Alumni of University College Dublin Dual players Irish veterinarians Nicholas Rathnure hurlers Rathnure Gaelic footballers Wexford inter-county hurlers Wexford inter-county Gaelic footballers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners