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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Uinseann Beastún | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
5 August 1919 Passage East, County Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Died |
4 June 1963 (aged 43) Stephens Barracks, Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Nickname | Vin | ||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Passage Army | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1939-1950 | Waterford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Vincent Baston (5 August 1919 – 4 June 1963) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played for Passage in Waterford and Army in Galway and was centre-back on the Waterford senior hurling team that won the 1948 All-Ireland Championship.
After beginning his club career with the Passage junior team, with whom he won a Waterford Junior Championship medal, Baston subsequently won two Galway Senior Championship medals with the Army club in 1947 and 1948.
Baston made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Waterford minor hurling team in 1937. He subsequently joined the Waterford senior hurling team and made his debut during the 1939-40 National League. Baston established himself as a key member of the starting fifteen and was at centre-back in 1948 when Waterford won their first All-Ireland Championship, having earlier won the Munster Championship title.