Billy Walton (hurler)

Billy Walton, born William Walton and living from 16 May 1961 to 18 November 2012, was an Irish hurler from Kilkenny who played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He first played hurling at St. Kieran's College, joined the Kilkenny minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1981 to 82 National Hurling League. He played a minor role for Kilkenny for just one season, winning an All-Ireland and a Leinster medal as a non-playing substitute along with a National Hurling League medal. At club level he was a one-time All-Ireland medallist with James Stephens, who also won one Leinster medal and one championship medal. His father Tom won an All-Ireland with Kilkenny in 1947, and for over twenty years he acted as selector and manager of many underage and adult teams.