Matt Hassett
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| Matt Hassett | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Full name | Matthew Hassett | |
| Place of birth | Toomevara , County Tipperary | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | Toomevara | |
| Position | Corner-back | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Tipperary | |
| Position | Right corner-back | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Tipperary | 1960-1962 | |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Munster Titles | 2 | |
| All-Ireland | 1 | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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Matt Hassett (born 1932) is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Toomevara and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1960s.
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[edit] Early life
Matt Hassett was born in the parish of Toomevara, County Tipperary in 1932. He was born into an area and into a family that had a very strong hurling tradition. Hassett’s father was a first cousin of the famed Patrick ‘Wedger’ Meagher, who captained the Tipperary hurling team in 1913. His mother’s uncle, Jim O’Dywer, won an All-Ireland medal with Tipp in the inaugural championship in 1887. Hassett was educated locally and later attended the Patrician College in Ballyfin, County Laois. Here he became a star on the college hurling team, and he was noted as an excellent goal poacher when playing at full-forward.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Hassett played his club hurling with the famous Toomevara club. His first competitive games were as an under-15 player with little success. Hassett became secretary of the club in 1954, however, hurling was at a low ebb. He began to organise the juvenile and minor teams and in 1956 Toomevara entered a team in the Tipperary Championship. Four years later in 1960 Hassett collected his sole senior county championship title.
Hassett also won three county football championship titles in 1958, 1959 and 1961.
[edit] Inter-county
In 1958 Hassett travelled as a spectatot to Buttevant to see Cork take on Tipperary in a challenge game and he ended up playing at corner-back. He played other tournament games with Tipp, and in 1960 he was picked at right corner-back in the Munster Championship. In the Munster final he was given the task of marking the legendary Christy Ring. He succeeded to a large extent and won his first Munster title. Tipp were later defeated by Wexford in the All-Ireland final. In 1961 Hassett was captain of the Tipperray hurling team. That year he guided them to a National Hurling League title before adding another provincial title to the collection. Tipp later defeated Dublin, giving Hassett his first All-Ireland title.
In 1962 Hassett’s inter-county career came to an abrupt end when he broke and severely damaged his finger in a game against Limerick. The injury confined him to the subs bench, and effectively ended his career.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Tony Wall |
Tipperary Senior Hurling Captain 1961 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Doyle |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by Nick O'Donnell (Wexford) |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final winning captain 1961 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Doyle (Tipperary) |
[edit] Teams
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