Seán McLoughlin (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Mac Lochlainn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born | 1935 Rahealty, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Rahealty Thurles Sarsfields |
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| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 10 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1958-1969 | Tipperary | 26 (22-8) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:01, 11 September 2014. | |||
Seán McLoughlin (born 1935) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Rahealty, County Tipperary, McLoughlin first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Thurles CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team. He joined the senior panel during the 1958 championship. McLoughlin went on to play a key role for during a hugely successful era for the team, and won four All-Ireland medals, seven Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, McLoughlin won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a ten-time championship medallist with Thurles Sarsfields.
Throughout his career McLoughlin made 26 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1969 championship.
McLoughlin joined the Tipperary senior team in 1958, however, he remained a peripheral figure on the team for a number of years.
On 17 July 1960 McLoughglin made his senior championship debut in a 6-9 to 2-7 Munster semi-final defeat of reigning champions Waterford. He later won his first Munster medal following a narrow 4-13 to 4-11 defeat of Cork in what has been described as the toughest game of hurling ever played. This victory allowed Tipperary to advance directly to an All-Ireland final meeting with Wexford on 4 September 1960. A certain amount of over-confidence was obvious in the Tipperary camp, particularly in trainer Phil Purcell's comment that no player was capable of marking star forward Jimmy Doyle. The game ended in remarkable circumstances as the crowd invaded the pitch with a minute to go, mistaking the referee's whistle for the end of the game. When the crowd were finally moved off the pitch Tipperary continued playing with only twelve men, but Wexford won on a score line of 2-15 to 0-11. It was McLoughlin's first All-Ireland defeat.
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