Flor Coffey

Flor Coffey
Personal information
Irish nameFlaithrí Ó Cofaigh
SportHurling
PositionCentre-back
Born1920
Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died25 April 2014 (aged 93)
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Boherlahan-Dualla
Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1943-1953Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles1
All-Irelands2
NHL1

Florence "Flor" Coffey (1920 - 25 April 2014) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]

Born in Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Coffey first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the junior side. He made his senior debut during the 1943 championship. Coffey immediately became a regular member of the team and won two All-Ireland medals, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Coffey won one Railway Cup medal as a non-playing substitute. At club level he was a two-time Connacht medallist, firstly with Boherlahan-Dualla and later with Thurles Sarsfields.

Coffey retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1953 championship.

Honours

Player

Boherlahan-Dualla
Thurles Sarsfields
Tipperary
Munster

References

  1. "Tipp great laid to rest". Hogan Stand. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.