John Dillon (hurler)

John Dillon, who lived from 14 September 1943 to 23 June 2019, was an Irish hurler who played for the Tipperary Senior Championship club Roscrea and for the Tipperary senior hurling team for one season, usually lining out as a right corner-back. After success in the minor and under-21 grades he broke onto Roscrea's senior team, won the North Tipperary Championship in 1968, captained the club to the 1968 Tipperary Senior Championship title and won a second title in 1969. With Tipperary he was part of the minor team that lost back-to-back All-Ireland finals in 1960 and 1961, won an All-Ireland Championship with the under-21 team in 1964 and joined the senior team that year. He was a substitute on Tipperary's All-Ireland Championship winning team in 1965 and secured Munster Championship and National Hurling League medals that season.