Tom Cashman

Tom Cashman, born on 28 August 1957, is an Irish former hurler, coach and selector who played for the Cork Senior Championship club Blackrock and for the Cork senior hurling team for 12 years. Equally comfortable as a half-back or at midfield, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He broke onto Blackrock's top adult team at sixteen in 1974, was a midfielder on the 1979 All-Ireland Club Championship winning team, and by 1990 had also won three Munster Club Championship titles and four Cork Senior Championship titles. With Cork he was part of the minor teams that won dual All-Ireland titles in 1974 and the under-21 team that won in 1976, joined the senior team in 1976, made 36 championship appearances until 1988, and was part of four All-Ireland winning teams, in 1977, 1978, 1984 and, as captain, 1986.