Tony Griffin is a former inter-county hurler who retired from that in November 2009. He has since worked as a coach, including with the

Kerry county football team The Kerry county football team represents County Kerry, Kerry in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kerry GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual in ...

which won the

Sam Maguire Cup The Sam Maguire Cup ( ga, Chorn Sam Mhic Uidhir), often referred to as Sam or The Sam , is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the main competiti ...

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.Tony also cycled the entire length of Canada in 49 days raising 1.2 million euros for charity

Playing career

College

He played for

NUI Galway The University of Galway ( ga, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. A tertiary education and research institution, the university was awarded the full five QS stars for excellence in 201 ...

in the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

Inter-county

In 2000, he was called up to the Clare inter-county team under

Ger Loughnane Gerard "Ger" Loughnane (born 27 January 1953) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Clare senior team. Born in Feakle, County Clare, Loughnane first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Flannan's Coll ...

. In 2006, Griffin was inducted into the

GAA All-Star The Gaelic Athletic Association-Gaelic Players' Association All Stars Awards (often known simply as the All Stars) are awarded annually to the best player in each of the 15 playing positions in Gaelic football and hurling. Additionally, one pla ...

team in the left corner forward position. He had been nominated for an All-Star in twice previously, in 2004 and 2005. On 16 November 2009, Griffin retired from inter-county hurling with Clare, citing a lack of 'confidence in the current management structure' as one of the main reasons for doing so.

Coaching

Griffin joined the

as a performance coach ahead of the 2022 season, a year when Kerry won the

. Kerry forward

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paid tribute to him after being named

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. Jack O'Connor, the Kerry

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

, also had Griffin involved when he was managing

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(before O'Connor returned for his third spell as Kerry manager), and Griffin was also involved with the

Dublin county hurling team The Dublin county hurling team represents Dublin in hurling and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling ...

when Anthony Daly was manager.

Personal life

Cycle For Cancer

In 2007, Griffin took a year out of hurling to do a cycle across Canada in memory of his father Jerome, who died from cancer.

References

External links

Tony Griffin Foundation
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