# Texaco Hurler of the Year

The Texaco Hurler of the Year was a hurling award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields were honoured.
The award was presented annually to the hurler considered to have performed the best over the previous year in the Hurling Championship. Voting for the award was undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media. The award itself was 14 inches high.
This award was separate from the All Stars Hurler of the Year, awarded by the GAA since 1995, as part of the GAA All Stars Awards.
The award was discontinued in 2012 after Texaco withdrew their sponsorship.

## Recipients

| Year | Player | County | Club | Notes |
| 2012 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | Ballyhale Shamrocks | Third win |
| 2011 | Michael Fennelly | Kilkenny | Ballyhale Shamrocks | |
| 2010 | Lar Corbett | Tipperary | Thurles Sarsfields | |
| 2009 | Tommy Walsh | Kilkenny | Tullaroan | |
| 2008 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | James Stephens | |
| 2007 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | Lismore | Did not win the All-Ireland |
| 2006 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | Ballyhale Shamrocks | Second win |
| 2005 | Jerry O'Connor | Cork | Newtownshandrum | |
| 2004 | Seán Óg Ó hAilpín | Cork | Na Piarsaigh | |
| 2003 | J. J. Delaney | Kilkenny | Fenians | |
| 2002 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | Ballyhale Shamrocks | |
| 2001 | Tommy Dunne | Tipperary | Toomevara | |
| 2000 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | Young Irelands | Second win |
| 1999 | Brian Corcoran | Cork | Erin's Own | Second win |
| 1998 | Brian Whelahan | Offaly | Birr | Second Win |
| 1997 | Jamesie O'Connor | Clare | St Josephs Doora-Barefield | |
| 1996 | Larry O'Gorman | Wexford | Faythe Harriers | |
| 1995 | Seánie McMahon | Clare | St.Josephs Doora-Barefield | |
| 1994 | Brian Whelahan | Offaly | Birr | Did not win an All-Star |
| 1993 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | Young Irelands | |
| 1992 | Brian Corcoran | Cork | Erin's Own | Did not win the All-Ireland |
| 1991 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | Éire Óg | |
| 1990 | Tony O'Sullivan | Cork | Na Piarsaigh | |
| 1989 | Nicky English | Tipperary | Lattin-Cullen | |
| 1988 | Tony Keady | Galway | Kilimordaly | |
| 1987 | Joe Cooney | Galway | Sarsfield's | |
| 1986 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | St. Finbarr's | |
| 1985 | Eugene Coughlan | Offaly | Seir Kieran | |
| 1984 | John Fenton | Cork | Midleton | |
| 1983 | Frank Cummins | Kilkenny | Blackrock | |
| 1982 | Noel Skehan | Kilkenny | Bennettsbridge | |
| 1981 | Pat Delaney | Offaly | Kinnitty | Did not win an All-Star |
| 1980 | Joe Connolly | Galway | Castlegar | |
| 1979 | Ger Henderson | Kilkenny | Fenians | |
| 1978 | John Horgan | Cork | Blackrock | |
| 1977 | Denis Coughlan | Cork | Glen Rovers | |
| 1976 | Tony Doran | Wexford | Buffers Alley | Did not win the All-Ireland |
| 1975 | Liam O'Brien | Kilkenny | James Stephens | |
| 1974 | Pat Henderson | Kilkenny | Fenians | |
| 1973 | Éamonn Grimes | Limerick | South Liberties | |
| 1972 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | Rower-Inistioge | |
| 1971 | Michael Keating | Tipperary | Ballybacon-Grange | |
| 1970 | Pat McDonnell | Cork | Inniscarra | |
| 1969 | Ted Carroll | Kilkenny | Lisdowney | |
| 1968 | Dan Quigley | Wexford | Rathnure | |
| 1967 | Ollie Walsh | Kilkenny | Thomastown | |
| 1966 | Justin McCarthy | Cork | Passage | |
| 1965 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | Thurles Sarsfields | |
| 1964 | John Doyle | Tipperary | Holycross-Ballycahill | |
| 1963 | Séamus Cleere | Kilkenny | Bennettsbridge | |
| 1962 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | Burgess-Youghlarra | |
| 1961 | Liam Devaney | Tipperary | Borris-Ileigh | |
| 1960 | Nick O'Donnell | Wexford | Ferns St. Aidans | |
| 1959 | Christy Ring | Cork | Glen Rovers | Did not win the All-Ireland |
| 1958 | Tony Wall | Tipperary | Thurles Sarsfields | |