Tom Collins (dual player)

Tom Collins was a dual player from County Kerry, Ireland, who played both hurling and Gaelic football to a high standard in the 1950s and early 1960s, a rare combination in a county where football dominates. In hurling he played for Kilmoyley, winning every domestic honour available with the club, including Kerry Senior Hurling Championships in 1962, 1963 and 1964, and he was part of the Kerry team that beat London in the 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship final. In football he was a mainstay of the St Brendans district team, won a Kerry Minor Football Championship with the division in 1953, and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1954. He earned an All-Ireland Senior medal with Kerry in 1959 as a member of the panel, and National Football League medals in 1953 and 1959. In 1956 he earned a place in GAA history by playing in three Munster finals in a single day.