Hurling Team of the Century

TheHurling Team of the Centurywas chosen as part of theGaelic Athletic Association's centenary year celebrations in 1984 to comprise, as a fifteen-membersidedivided as onegoalkeeper,threehalf-backs,twomidfielders,threehalf-forwardssand threefull-forwards,the besthurlingplayers of the first one hundred years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The players on the team were nominated bySunday Independentreaders and were selected by a panel of experts and former players.

A team was also selected of players who had never won an All Ireland.

Position	Player	County team	Club team(s)	Team Number	All-Ireland SHC,NHL, All-Starsand other awards
Goalkeeper	Tony Reddin	Tipperary (1947–1957)	Mullagh(Galway) Lorrha(Tipperary)	1	All-Ireland SHC(1949, 1950, 1951) Munster SHC(1949, 1950, 1951) National Hurling League(1949, 1950, 1952, 1954)
Right corner-back	Bobby Rackard	Wexford (1945–1957)	Rathnure	2	All-Ireland SHC(1955, 1956) Leinster SHC(1951, 1954, 1955, 1956) National Hurling League(1956)
Full-back	Nick O'Donnell	Wexford (1951–1960)	Éire Óg(Kilkenny) St. Aidan's(Wexford)	3	All-Ireland SHC(1955, 1956, 1960) Leinster SHC(1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962) National Hurling League(1956, 1958) Texaco Hurler of the Year(1960)
Left corner-back	John Doyle	Tipperary (1949–1967)	Holycross-Ballycahill	4	All-Ireland SHC(1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965) Munster SHC(1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967) National Hurling League(1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965) Texaco Hurler of the Year(1964) Cú Chulainn Awards(1963, 1964)
Right wing-back	Jimmy Finn	Tipperary (1950–1959)	Borris-Ileigh	5	All-Ireland SHC(1950, 1951, 1958) Munster SHC(1949, 1950, 1951, 1958) National Hurling League(1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959)
Centre-back	John Keane	Waterford (1935–1951)	Mount Sion	6	All-Ireland SHC(1948) Munster SHC(1938,1948)
Left wing-back	Paddy Phelan	Kilkenny (1931–1940)	Tullaroan	7	All-Ireland SHC(1932, 1933, 1935, 1939) Leinster SHC(1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940) National Hurling League(1933)
Midfield	Lory Meagher	Kilkenny (1924–1935)	Tullaroan	8	All-Ireland SHC(1932, 1933, 1935) Leinster SHC(1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935) National Hurling League(1933)
Midfield	Jack Lynch	Cork (1936–1950)	Glen Rovers	9	All-Ireland SHC(1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946) Munster SHC(1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947) National Hurling League(1940, 1941, 1948) GAA All-Time All Star Award(1981)
Right wing-forward	Christy Ring	Cork (1940–1962)	Glen Rovers	10	All-Ireland SHC(1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954) Munster SHC(1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956) National Hurling League(1940, 1941, 1953) Texaco Hurler of the Year(1959)
Centre-forward	Mick Mackey	Limerick (1930–1946)	Ahane	11	All-Ireland SHC(1934, 1936, 1940) Munster SHC(1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940) National Hurling League(1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) GAA All-Time All Star Award(1980)
Left wing-forward	Jim Langton	Kilkenny (1939–1950)	Éire Óg	12	All-Ireland SHC(1939, 1947) Leinster SHC(1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950) GAA All-Time All Star Award(1984)
Right corner-forward	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary (1957–1973)	Thurles Sarsfields	13	All-Ireland SHC(1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971) Munster SHC(1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971) National Hurling League(1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965) Texaco Hurler of the Year(1965) Cú Chulainn Awards(1963, 1964, 1965)
Full-forward	Nicky Rackard	Wexford (1940–1956)	Rathnure	14	All-Ireland SHC(1955, 1956) Leinster SHC(1951, 1954, 1955, 1956) National Hurling League(1956)
Left corner-forward	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny (1959–1977)	Rower-Inistioge	15	All-Ireland SHC(1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975) Leinster SHC(1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975) National Hurling League(1962, 1976) Texaco Hurler of the Year(1972) Cú Chulainn Awards(1963, 1966, 1967, 1969) All-Star Awards(1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)