Tom Cheasty
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Síosta | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born |
4 February 1934 Ballyduff, County Waterford, Ireland |
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| Died | 10 August 2007 (aged 73) Killure, County Waterford, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Nickname | The Iron Man | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Ballyduff Lower Ballyduff Lower-Portlaw Portlaw |
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| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1954–1967 | Waterford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
Thomas "Tom" Cheasty (4 February 1934 – 10 August 2007) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Waterford senior team.
Born in Knockaderry near Ballyduff, County Waterford, Cheasty first arrived on the inter-county scene as a dual player in the minor grade with Waterford. He made his senior debut in the 1954–55 National Hurling League. Cheasty went on to play a key part for Waterford in what has come to be known as a defining era for the county, and won one All-Ireland medal and three Munster medals.
Cheasty represented the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, winning three Railway Cup medals in 1958, 1960 and 1961. At club level he won five championship medals with Portlaw.
Cited by many of his hurling peers as one of Waterford's greatest-ever players, Cheasty was described by Jim Irish as "the greatest centre-forward I ever played with or saw in Waterford."
Cheasty retired from inter-county hurling after breaking his finger during a 1967 championship clash with Cork.
Cheasty started his club hurling with his local Ballyduff Lower GAA club winning a Junior Hurling County medal in 1961. The club merged with neighbours Portlaw GAA in the late 1960s. He won one county titles with Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw in 1970. Ballyduff and Portlaw went their separate ways in 1971 and Cheasty elected to play with Portlaw, winning four more County Championships, the last in 1977 at the age of 43. He would later win a Junior Hurling County medals with his native club Ballyduff Lower in 1983, a few months shy of his 50th birthday.
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