Tom Walsh (Thomastown hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Breathnach | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born | 1944 Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Nickname | Blondie | ||
| Occupation | Businessman | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1962-1967 | Thomastown | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1963-1967 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Tom Walsh (born 1944 in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Thomastown and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1963 until 1967.
Walsh played hurling with his local club in Thomastown and enjoyed some success during a brief playing career. He first came to prominence as a member of the Thomastown under-14 team in the 1950s. It was a glorious period of success at under-age level as the club won five under-14 championship titles in succession. Walsh was involved in four of these.
The sixties saw Walsh join the club's senior hurling team, however, he never won a senior county title.
Walsh first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team in the early 1960s. It was very successful period at under-age level for 'the Cats'.
By 1961 Walsh had established himself as a forward of note on the county's minor team. He won a Leinster title that year following a devastating 4-12 to 0-7 defeat of Dublin. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Kilkenny against Tipperary. Walsh was one of the main scorers that day, capturing 1-4 as 'the Cats' powered to a 3-13 to 0-15 win. It was Walsh's first All-Ireland minor winners' medal.
Walsh captured a second successive Leinster minor title in 1962 following a thrilling 5-7 to 5-4 defeat of Wexford. A second successive All-Ireland showdown with Tipperary followed. Walsh bagged 2-2 that day as Kilkenny triumphed by 3-6 to 0-9. It was his second All-Ireland minor title.
In 1963 Walsh was only nineteen years-old and fresh out of the minor grade when he joined the Kilkenny senior hurling team. That year he won his first Leinster title in the senior grade following a seven-point defeat of Dublin. Walsh later lined out in his first All-Ireland final in the senior grade. Waterford provided the opposition on that occasion and the men from the Déise looked to be cruising to victory. An eleven-point lead was cut down and Kilkenny went on to win the game with a remarkable score line of 4-17 to 6-8. Walsh had captured his first All-Ireland winners' medal.
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