Tommy Ring (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Rinn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
1939 Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland | ||
| Died |
1 July 2020 (aged 81) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Meelin Castlepollard New Irelands Kilmacud Crokes | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Westmeath titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1955–1972 | Westmeath | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Thomas O. Ring (1939 – 1 July 2020) was an Irish
Westmeath senior hurling team.[1]
Playing career
Born in
1964 before becoming one of the top marksmen of the 1960s and early 1970s. After his inter-county career ended in 1972, Ring continued to line out with Kilmacud Crokes and won county senior championship
medals in 1974 and 1976. In retirement he came to be regarded as one of Westmeath's greatest-ever hurlers and was selected in the right wing-forward position on the Westmeath Hurling Team of the Millennium.
Personal life
Ring died in
Dublin senior hurling team
.
Honours
- Castlepollard
- Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1961 (c)
- Kilmacud Crokes
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1974, 1976
- Westmeath
- 1963-64
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1964
- Awards
- Westmeath Hurling Team of the Millennium: Right wing-forward
References
- ^ "Ring of steel". Hogan Stand website. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Westmeath GAA mourns a hurling great". Hogan Stand. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2020.