Tony Keady (5 December 1963 to 9 August 2017) was an Irish hurler born in Attymon, County Galway, whose league and championship career at senior level with the Galway county team lasted nine seasons from 1985 until 1993. He first played competitive hurling at Athenry Vocational School and won two All-Ireland vocational schools medals in 1980 and 1981. At club level he played with Killimordaly, winning a county senior championship in 1986. For Galway he played minor and under-21, winning an All-Ireland under-21 medal in 1983, and at senior level he won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1987 and 1988, two National Hurling League medals and the Hurler of the Year award in 1988. He also won two Railway Cup medals with Connacht. He is considered one of the best centre-backs of all time.
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5 December 1963
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won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1987 and 1988
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with the Galway county team lasted nine seasons from 1985 until 1993
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won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1987 and 1988
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