Tom Fleming (hurler)

Tom Fleming, born Thomas Aloysius Fleming and living from 11 January 1901 to 19 May 1960, was an Irish hurler who usually lined out at full-back and was a member of the Galway team that won the 1923 All-Ireland Championship. He had a club career with Galway City that spanned three decades, though with little championship success. Selected for the Galway senior team in 1923, he won his sole All-Ireland medal in his debut championship after Galway defeated Limerick in the final, was a runner-up in two later All-Ireland finals and retired from inter-county hurling in 1929. He then took an active role in Galway County Board administration, organised several new clubs, was prominent in boxing circles and was a member of the Old IRA and a lifelong trade unionist.