Tom O’Sullivan was an
Irish sportsperson who played
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
with the
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
senior inter-county team in the 1950s.
O'Sullivan first came to prominence with the
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
senior hurlers in the early 1950s. He first tasted success in 1953 when he played in the corner-forward position as Cork defeated
Galway in one of the dirtiest championship deciders ever. In 1954 O'Sullivan won his first
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
title as a player, however, he played no part in Cork’s subsequent All-Ireland victory over
Wexford.
Cork inter-county hurlers
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people
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