death_date icposition icupdate birth_date code nhl death_place name fullname birth_place county sport nickname clubs icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
1988 left wing-back 16:20 , 26 april 2014 1915 hurling 2 thurles , county tipperary , ireland tommy doyle thomas doyle thurles , county tipperary , ireland tipperary hurling the rubber man thurles kickhams thurles sarsfields 6 tipperary 1936-1953 5 munster tommy doyle -lrb- hurler -rrb-
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tommy doyle -lrb- hurler -rrb-

thomas `` tommy '' doyle -lrb- 1915 -- 1988 -rrb- was an irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the tipperary senior team .
born in thurles , county tipperary , doyle first excelled at hurling in his youth .
he 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 in the 1936-37 national league .
doyle went on to enjoy a seventeen-year inter-county career , and won five all-ireland medals , six munster medals and two national hurling league medals .
doyle represented the munster inter-provincial team at various times , winning three railway cup medals on the field of play .
at club level he won seven championship medals with thurles sarsfields .
his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1953 championship .
doyle 's brother , gerry , also played with tipperary , while his nephew , jimmy , is a six-time all-ireland medallist with tipperary and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time .
doyle is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game .
he was the seventh recipient of the all-time all-star award .
he has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport 's greats , including at left wing-back on the tipperary hurling team of the century in 2000 .
