Tom Dwan (hurler)

Tom Dwan, born Thomas Dwan and living from 22 November 1889 to 17 May 1980, was an Irish hurler who usually lined out as a goalkeeper or back and was a member of the Tipperary team that won the 1916 All-Ireland Championship. He began his club hurling with Holycross-Ballycahill before joining Thurles Sarsfields, with whom he won his sole county championship medal. Selected for the Tipperary junior team in 1910, he captained it to the All-Ireland title in 1915 and had by then joined the senior team, winning his first Munster medal in 1916 and his sole All-Ireland medal after Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the final, and a second Munster medal in 1922 after being joined by his brother Billy. He later served as a Tipperary senior selector for the All-Ireland victories of 1949 and 1950, and when he died on 17 May 1980 he was the last surviving member of the 1916 team.