Waterford great Cheasty passes away

The president of the GAA, Nickey Brennan has extended his deepest sympathies to the family of former Waterford Hurling great Tom Cheasty.

Born in Ballyduff, Co Waterford in 1934, he was a member of the last Waterford team to win the All Ireland hurling title in 1959, scoring two goals in the replayed final victory over Kilkenny.

His first appearance in a Waterford jersey was in a league game in 1954 against Kilkenny. He went on to win three Munster Hurling championship medals with the county (1957, 1959 and 1963), an Oireachtas medal in 1962 and a National Hurling league title in 1963. A regular on the Munster hurling team, he won five Railway Cup medals with the province.

A member of the Ballyduff-Portlaw club, he won five Waterford County Championship medals towards the end of his career – the first coming in 1970 and the last in 1977 at the age of 43.