Tony Wall
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tonaí de Laval | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born | 1934 Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Army officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Thurles Sarsfields | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 10 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1953–1967 | Tipperary | 33 (3–10) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 6 | ||
Anthony "Tony" Wall (born 1934) is an Irish retired hurler and manager who played as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Wall joined the team during the 1953–54 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1967 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and six National Hurling League medals. Wall captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1958.
At club level Wall was a ten-time county club championship medalist with Thurles Sarsfields.
Wall first tasted hurling success when he was a student at Thurles CBS. He won back-to-back Dr. Harty Cup medals in 1950 and 1951 as Thurles defeated Cork opposition on both occasions.
Wall played his club hurling with Thurles Sarsfields and enjoyed a hugely successful career.
After graduating from the minor team in 1952, Wall immediately joined the club's senior team. That year Thurles Sars reached the final of the club championship. A 5–6 to 1–8 trouncing of Borris-Ileigh gave him his first championship medal.
It was 1955 before Thurles Sarsfields reached the championship decider again. The team was now beginning to assert itself as the dominant force in club hurling. Another 4–10 to 0–6 trouncing of Borris-Ileigh gave Wall his first championshipmedal. It was the first of a record-breaking five successive championships for Thurles Sarsfields. Subsequent defeats of Lorrha, Na Piarsaigh, Toomevara and Kilruane MacDonagh's brought Wall's medal tally to five.
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