Hurling mourns legend Tony Reddin

Tony Reddin, who died on Sunday aged 95, was a Galway native who established a reputation with Tipperary as a legendary hurling goalkeeper, whose brilliance was recognised in his selection in the GAA’s ‘Team of the Century’ and then in the ‘Team of the Millennium.’

He was born in Mullagh and christened Martin Charles Reddington.

He played minor and junior with Galway and won his only medal at county juvenile level — playing at centre-field — in 1933. Sixteen years later, approaching his 30th birthday, he would win the first of three consecutive All-Ireland medals, having firmly established a reputation as a goalkeeper of outstanding quality.