Tommy Doyle (Tipperary hurler)

Tommy Doyle
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Ó Duil
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born (1915-02-08)8 February 1915
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died 5 February 1988(1988-02-05) (aged 72)
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Nickname The Rubber Man
Club(s)
Years Club
Thurles Kickhams
Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1936–1953
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 6
All-Irelands 5
NHL 2
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Thomas Doyle (8 February 1915 – 5 February 1988) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1][2]

Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Doyle first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team, before later joining the junior side. He made his senior debut in the 1936–37 National League. Doyle went on to enjoy a seventeen-year inter-county career, and won five All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals.

Doyle represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times, winning three Railway Cup medals on the field of play. At club level he won seven championship medals with Thurles Sarsfields.

His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1953 championship.

Doyle's brother, Gerry, also played with Tipperary, while his nephew, Jimmy, was a six-time All-Ireland medallist with Tipperary.

Doyle was the seventh recipient of the All-Time All-Star Award, and has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left wing-back on the Tipperary Hurling Team of the Century in 2000.

  1. ^ "Tipperary Hurling Immortals: Tommy Doyle". Premier View website. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ^ Doody, Derry J. F. "Tommy Doyle". Scoreboard Memories website. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.