Tommy Sugrue
Personal information | |
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Home town | Tralee |
Years active | 1977–? |
Employer | GAA |
Sport | |
Sport | Gaelic football |
Position | Referee |
Tommy Sugrue is a
Career
He began refereeing in 1977, got given the 1983 Kerry County Final. Then off it all went for him. He got
Sugrue refereed four
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed the 1988 replay and 1992 as the tenth and seventh greatest All-Ireland SFC final respectively.[5]
Sugrue spoke to
References
- ^ "Brave, selfless, dedicated people who have a thankless job". Sunday Independent. 29 July 2007.
Tralee referee Tommy Sugrue is widely regarded…
- ^ a b c "'I always treated every game and every player equally'". Independent.ie. 16 September 2017.
Tommy Sugrue pictured at his home in Tralee with the referee jersey he wore on All-Ireland Final day in 1988.
- ^ Ó Sé, Tomás (14 September 2019). "Reshuffle to swing it for Dublin". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
He [Dr Con Murphy] reminded me that far worse than anything this year [2019] was when they got a Kerryman — Tommy Sugrue — to ref the 1988 All-Ireland final between Cork and Meath.
- ^ "'Men in black' have their say". Irish Examiner. 19 November 2002.
- ^ Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, pp. 11, 14.
- ^ Moran, Seán (27 September 2014). "Switching referees helps shelve issues in All-Ireland final replays". The Irish Times.