John Blake (hurler)
John Blake is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner back at senior level for the Cork county team.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Blake first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Cork senior team as a member of the extended panel for the [1982 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1981 championship]. Blake later became a regular member of the starting fifteen over the next few years and won three Munster medals. He won one All-Ireland medal as an unused substitute, as well as being an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Blake won one Munster medal and five championship medals with St Finbarr's.
Honours
;St Finbarr's- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship : 1980
- Cork Senior Hurling Championship : 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1993