All-Time All Star Award (hurling)

The All-Time All Star Award in Hurling was an award given on an annual basis to a sportsperson who had made a long-running and considerable contribution to the sport of hurling in Ireland. In existence from 1980 until 1994 the award was presented to a former player who, more than likely, would have received an All Star had the awards scheme been in existence during their playing days.

List of winners[]

Year	County	Winner	Era	Rationale
1980	Limerick	Mick Mackey	1930-1947	A two-time All-Ireland-winning captain, his honours include three All-Ireland medals, five consecutive National Hurling League medals and five Munster medals.
1981	Cork	Jack Lynch	1936-1950	Regarded as the greatest midfielder of his time, he won a record five All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and three National League medals.
1982	Limerick Dublin	Garrett Howard	1921-1936	One of the brilliant hurlers of his era, he had the distinction of winning All-Ireland and National League medals with two counties and Railway Cup medals with two provinces.
1983	Clare Dublin	Pa 'Fowler' McInerney	1913-1933	In a twenty-year inter-county career that spanned three decades, he won All-Ireland medals with Clare and Dublin.
1984	Kilkenny	Jim Langton	1938-1954	One of the great Kilkenny players of his era, he won two All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals.
1985	Cork	Eudie Coughlan	1919-1931
1986	Tipperary	Tommy Doyle	1937-1953
1987	Waterford	Christy Moylan	1935-1949
1988	Cork	Paddy 'Fox' Collins	1929-1938
1989	Galway	M. J. 'Inky' Flaherty	1936-1953
1990	Clare	John Joe 'Goggles' Doyle	1926-1938
1991	Limerick	Jackie Power	1935-1948
1992	Wexford	Billy Rackard Bobby Rackard	1945-1964
1993	Tipperary	Pat Stakelum	1947-1957
1994	Kilkenny	Martin White	1931-1938

See also[]

• All-Time All Star Award (football)

Sources[]

• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).