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Tom Coughlan (hurler)

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Tom Coughlan
Personal information
Irish name Tomas Mac Cochlain
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born 1881
Blackrock , County Cork , Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nickname Honest Man
Occupation Fisherman
Club(s)
Years Club
Blackrock
Club titles
Cork titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1901-1911
Cork 24
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 2

Tom "Honest Man" Coughlan (born 1881) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.

Coughlan joined the team during the 1901 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1911 championship . During that time he captained the team on numerous occasions and won two All-Ireland medals and four Munster medals. [1] [2]

At club level Coughlan was a multiple county club championship medalist with Blackrock . [ citation needed ]

Coughlan came from a family of other hurlers, and his brothers, Pat , Denis and Dan , all won All-Ireland medals with Cork. His nephews, Eudie and John , were also All-Ireland medalists in the 1920s and 1930s. [3]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Cork GAA profile" . Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009 . Retrieved 18 May 2012 .
  2. ^ "Senior Hurling" . Munster GAA website . Retrieved 18 May 2012 .
  3. ^ "The Coughlans of Blackrock" . Blackrock GAA website . Retrieved 18 May 2012 .
Sporting positions
Preceded by
J. MCCullagh
Cork Senior Hurling Captain
1908
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cork Senior Hurling Captain
1910
Succeeded by
D. Bradley