Tom Helebert

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Tom Helebert
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Hoileabard.
Sport Hurling
Position Right half back
Born 1964 (age 58–59)
Galway, Ireland
Occupation Director
Club(s)
YearsClub

Ballinderreen

Gort
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1989-1996
 Galway
Inter-county titles
NHL 1
All Stars 1

Thomas Helebert (born 1964) is an Irish former hurler and former selector of the Galway senior hurling management team, who played as a right wing-back for the Galway senior team.

Helebert joined the team in 1989 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 1996. He has won one National League winners' medal and one All-Star award. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up in 1993. In 1996 he received an All Star Award. At club level Helebert played with Ballinderreen, and later Gort.

Helebert was on the Galway management team, having helped revamp the team and bring them to an All Ireland final in 2012. He coached Clarenbridge alongside manager Michael Donoghue, and guided them to AI Club Final success on St. Patricks Day 2011. He later went on to manage South Galway clubs Ardrahan & Craughwell. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cunningham appointed as Galway hurling manager". GAA website. 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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