Flor Coffey Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Flor Coffey
Irish:Flaithrí Ó Cofaigh
Feet:5
Inches:11
Occupation:Weighmaster
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Boherlahan–Dualla and Thurles Sarsfields and Young Irelands
Clposition:Full-back
Clubs:Boherlahan–Dualla
Thurles Sarsfields
Clcounty:2
Counties:Tipperary
Icposition:Centre-back
Icyears:1943-1953
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:2
Nhl:1
Icupdate:22:25, 1 March 2015
Birth Date:10 June 1920
Birth Place:Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Ireland
Death Date:25 April 2014 (aged 93)
Death Place:Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland

Florence Coffey (10 June 1920  - 25 April 2014) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]

Born in Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Coffey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the junior side. He made his senior debut during the 1943 championship. Coffey immediately became a regular member of the team and won two All-Ireland medals, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Coffey won one Railway Cup medal as a non-playing substitute. At club level he was a two-time Connacht medallist, firstly with Boherlahan–Dualla and later with Thurles Sarsfields.

Coffey retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1953 championship.

Honours

Player

Boherlahan–Dualla
Thurles Sarsfields
Tipperary
Munster

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tipp great laid to rest. Hogan Stand. 28 April 2014. 1 March 2015.