Tommy Purcell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Puirséil | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Littleton, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1940s | Moycarkey-Borris | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1940ss | Tipperary | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Tommy Purcell (1921–1949) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Moycarkey–Borris and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1940s.[1][2] Purcell won a set of All-Ireland and Munster winners' medals at senior level with Tipperary in 1945.[citation needed]
On St Patrick's Day in 1949, Purcell was one of three hurlers from Tipperary on the winning Munster Railway Cup team; he was a wingback.[2] It was his last game.[2] He died the following September.[2]
