| Tom Nesdale | |
| Full Name: | Thomas Jude Nesdale |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Sandycove, Ireland |
| School: | Presentation Brothers College |
| Position: | Lock |
| Repyears1: | 1961 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Thomas Jude Nesdale (18 August 1933 — 14 November 2019) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Nesdale was born in Cork and educated at Presentation Brothers College.[1]
A second-rower, Nesdale captained Presentation Brothers College to the 1952 Munster Schools Senior Cup title. He played his senior rugby at Garryowen and won a Munster Senior Cup with the club in 1954. A regular Munster representative, Nesdale was in the side that secured a draw with the touring 1957–58 Wallabies. He was capped by Ireland in a match against France at Lansdowne Road in the 1961 Five Nations.[2]
Nesdale's first cousin Gerald is the father of former Ireland hooker Ross Nesdale.[3]
In 2011, Nesdale was inducted into the Munster Rugby Hall of Fame.[4]