John Leahy (hurler)

John Leahy, born on 16 September 1969 in Mullinahone, County Tipperary, is a former Irish sportsman who played senior hurling for the Tipperary inter-county team from 1988 until 2003 and also represented Tipperary in Gaelic football at all grades. He won three All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals in 1989, 1991 and 2001, five Munster Senior Hurling Championship medals and four National Hurling League medals, plus an All-Ireland Under-21 title in 1989. He won three All-Star awards, in 1991, 1994 and 1997, and in 1994 he is recorded as the only player to win an All-Star without playing in the championship. At club level he played hurling and football for Mullinahone, and in 2002, as player-manager, he guided the club to its first senior county championship after recovering from a cruciate ligament injury. Cruciate ligament injuries also ended his inter-county career in 2003. He later worked as a selector with the Tipperary senior team in 2006 and 2007 and was profiled on the TG4 programme Laochra Gael in 2005.