Tom Nolan (hurler)

Tom Nolan, known as Tomásin, was a hurler from Clandouglas, Lixnaw, County Kerry, who played with Kerry and with the Crotta O'Neill's club. He was at his best at midfield during Crotta's glorious period in the 1940s and early 1950s, when the club was one of the strongest sides in Kerry hurling. He won six Kerry Senior Hurling Championships, the first in 1943 when Crotta defeated Kenmare in the final, then completed a three in a row in 1944 and 1945 and took further titles in 1947, 1950 and 1951, with Nolan at midfield in five of the victories and as captain in 1950 and 1951. He played in further county finals in 1952 and 1957 that Crotta lost. He and fellow Kerryman Frank Kissane also played in the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship as guests for Tournafulla, later going on to win the Limerick championship with the club.