Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Gerry Stapleton | |
Occupation: | Hardware assistant |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Borris–Ileigh |
Clcounty: | 3 |
Clprovince: | 1 |
Clallireland: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Centre-back |
Icyears: | 1978-1987 |
Icapps(Points): | 7 (0-03) |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 1958 |
Birth Place: | Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Icupdate: | 14:15, 27 August 2021 |
Gerard Stapleton (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Borris–Ileigh and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a centre-back.
Stapleton first played juvenile and underage levels with the Borris–Ileigh club before joining the club's senior team. He won three County Championship titles, before winning an All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1987.[1] [2] Stapleton first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Tipperary minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Championship in 1976. He progressed onto the Tipperary under-21 team and won an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in 1979. By this stage Stapleton had already been drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team. He spent more than a decade with the team and won National Hurling League and Munster Championship honours.[3]
1987
1986
1987
1978, 1979
1976