Tom Cheasty

Tom Cheasty, who lived from 4 February 1934 to 10 August 2007, was an Irish hurler from Knockaderry near Ballyduff, County Waterford, who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Waterford county team. He first played as a dual player in the minor grade with Waterford and made his senior debut in the 1954 to 55 National Hurling League. He played a key part for Waterford in what has come to be known as a defining era for the county, winning one All-Ireland SHC medal and three Munster SHC medals, and won three Railway Cup medals with Munster in 1958, 1960 and 1961. At club level he won five championship medals with Portlaw. Cited by many peers as one of Waterford's greatest players, he was described by Jim Irish as the greatest centre-forward he ever played with or saw in Waterford, and retired after breaking his finger in a 1967 clash with Cork.