Dick Tobin

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Dick Tobin
Personal information
Irish name	Risteard Tóibín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-forward
Born	1895 Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	1953 New York City, United States
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1913–1926	Emeralds
Club Titles
Kilkenny titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1916–1925	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	4
All Irelands	1

Richard "Dick" Tobin (1895-1953) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team from 1916 until 1925.^[1]

Tobin made his first appearance for the team during the 1916 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medals and four Leinster winner's medals. He was later joined on the team by his brother Jimmy Tobin.

At club level Tobin played with the Emeralds club in Urlingford, however, he never won a county club championship|.^[2]

References

↑ "County profile: Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
↑ "Emeralds GAA club". Kilkenny Cats website. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

v t e Kilkenny - 1922 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (8th title)

1 M. McDonald 2 J. Tobin 3 J. Holohan 4 P. Glendon 5 T. Carroll 6 W. Dunphy (c) 7 D. Grace 8 P. Aylward 9 B. Kenny 10 M. Lawlor 11 N. Dunphy 12 P. Donoghue 13 D. Tobin 14 J. Roberts 15 M. Power Subs not used T. Tierney T. Scott B. Brennan M. Brennan

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Persondata
Name	Tobin, Dick
Alternative names
Short description	hurler
Date of birth	1895
Place of birth	Urlingford, County Kilkenny
Date of death	1952
Place of death	New York City

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