Philip Austin (Gaelic footballer)

Philip Austin is an Irish Gaelic football player, born on 18 December 1986, who played at inter-county level for Tipperary for fifteen years and plays his club football with Borrisokane. He played minor football for Tipperary in 2004 and under-21 football in 2006 and 2007, and made his championship debut in 2006 against Kerry. On 31 July 2016 he started at corner-forward as Tipperary defeated Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park, taking the county to its first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935; Mayo won the semi-final on 21 August 2016 by 2-13 to 0-14. In 2020 he was part of the Tipperary side that beat Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship final, the county's first Munster title in 85 years. He retired from inter-county football in April 2021 as the longest serving member of the Tipperary panel and one of the longest serving inter-county footballers.