Tom Curran (hurler)

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Tom Curran
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Ó Corráin
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1920
Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
Died June 2005
Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Hardware store owner
Club(s)
YearsClub
Dungarvan
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Waterford titles 5 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0

Tom Curran (1920 - June 2005) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. [1]

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Born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Curran first played competitive hurling in his youth. After enjoying success as a Gaelic footballer with the Waterford junior team, he subsequently became a regular member of the Waterford senior hurling team. Curran went on to win one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.

At club level Curran was a six-time championship medallist with Dungarvan as a dual player.

Honours

Team

Dungarvan
Waterford

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References

  1. "A Ton of Bone & Muscle May Beat Dublin". Waterford News. 3 September 1948. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2015.