Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Tommy Butler | |
Irish: | Tomás de Buitléir |
Occupation: | Creamery employee |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Drom & Inch |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1974-1980 |
Icapps(Points): | 8 (2-12) |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Allstars: | 1 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Birth Date: | 1951 |
Birth Place: | Bouladuff, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Death Date: | 12 November 2020 (aged 69) |
Death Place: | Bouladuff, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Thomas Butler (1951 - 12 November 2020[1] [2]) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Drom & Inch and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.
Butler first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Drom & Inch club, as well as lining out with Templemore CBS. He made his senior debut at club level as a 15-year-old in 1966 and won two Mid Tipperary Championship titles in a career that spanned four decades. Butler first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Tipperary under-21 team, having earlier failed to make the minor team. His three years in the under-21 grade yielded a Munster Under-21 Championship title in 1972.[3] Butler was later drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team and made his debut against Limerick in the last game of the 1973-74 league. His senior career coincided with a barren spell for Tipperary in terms of success, however, he won a National Hurling League medal in 1979, having claimed an All-Star the previous year.[4] Butler also wona Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1978.
1974, 1984
1972
1978