Flor Coffey

Flor Coffey
Personal information
Irish name	Flaithrí Ó Cofaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-back
Born	10 June 1920; Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	25 April 2014 (aged 93); Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Weighmaster
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Boherlahan–Dualla; Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1943-1953	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	2
NHL	1

Florence Coffey (10 June 1920 – 25 April 2014) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team.^[1]

Born in Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Coffey first 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 during the 1943 championship. Coffey immediately became a regular member of the team and won two All-Ireland medals, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal.

As a member of the

Connacht medallist, firstly with Boherlahan–Dualla and later with Thurles Sarsfields

.

Coffey retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1953 championship.