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Irish hurler

Tom Dixon
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Mac Riocaird
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-forward
Born 1930
Castlebridge, County Wexford, Ireland
Died 9 February 2003 (aged 72)
Barntown, County Wexford, Ireland
Occupation Administrator / Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
St Aidan's
Club titles
Wexford titles 7
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1953-1957 Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1

Tom Dixon (1930 – 9 February 2003) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Wexford senior team.

Dixon made his first appearance for the team during the 1953 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for the next few seasons until his retirement after the 1957 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal, one Leinster medal and one National League medal.

At club level Dixon was a seven-time county championship medalist with St Aidan's.

References

  1. "Fifties hurling hero excelled in many facets of life Tom set high standards in sport, politics and farming". Wexford People. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
Wexford – 1956 National Hurling League Champions (1st title)
Wexford – 1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (3rd title)
Subs not used
16 M. O'Hanlon
17 Paddy Kehoe
18 T. Bolger
19 T. Morrissey
20 P. Nolan


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