Pat Fanning
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Fainín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born |
25 August 1918 Waterford | ||
| Died | 14 March 2010 (aged 91) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1930s–1950s | Mount Sion | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1940s–1950s | Waterford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Pat Fanning (25 August 1918 – 14 March 2010) was an Irish hurler who played for his local club Mount Sion and at senior level for the Waterford county team in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the county championship on seven occasions. Fanning also served as the 23rd president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1970 until 1973, and was honorary life president of Waterford's county board.
His election in succession of fellow Munster man Seamus Ryan marked the second time in history a province had consecutive presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Fanning was the former president of the Gaelic Athletic Association to have survived the longest after serving.