Career
He played hurling with his local club Éire Óg Annacarty Gaelic Athletic Association and with the Tipperary Gaelic Athletic Association senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Club Fox played his club hurling with his local parish club Éire Óg and he enjoyed some success with the club Inter-county He had little success in this grade as Cork Gaelic Athletic Association dominated the Munster Championship.
Fox later joined the Tipp under-21 team, however, he missed the teams Munster final victory in 1979.
In spite of this he later collected an All-Ireland as Tipp defeated Galway Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1981 he added a second Munster under-21 medal to his collection before claiming a third consecutive All-Ireland under-21 medal. Fox subsequently joined the Tipperary senior hurling panel, however, the early 1980s was not a successful period for the team
His side were subsequently defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. 1989 saw Fox add a third to his collection.
Tipp lost their Munster crown to Cork in 1990, however, they regained it in 1991 and Fox collected a fourth provincial title.
Fox’s performance in the entire championship earned him the Hurler of the Year accolade. His last appearance in a Tipp senior jersey was as a substitute in the 1996 Munster Hurling Final replay. Fox became well known to the public at large due to radio sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh"s famous delivery during a particularly exciting hurling encounter: "Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now.. but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail.
I"ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!".