John Doyle (Tipperary hurler)

John Doyle was an Irish hurler, born in Holycross, County Tipperary, in 1930, who played as a left corner-back for Tipperary. He joined the Tipperary minor team at sixteen, made his senior debut in the 1947-48 National League and became a key figure in a hugely successful era, winning eight All-Ireland medals, ten Munster medals and eleven National Hurling League medals. He played 54 championship games, a Tipperary record until 2009, won six Railway Cup medals with Munster and three county titles with Holycross-Ballycahill. He was named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1964 and picked at left corner-back on the Hurling Team of the Century and the Team of the Millennium. He was also a Fianna Fail senator from 1969 to 1973.