Tom Helebert

Tom Helebert
Personal information
Irish name	Tomás Hoileabard
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right Half Back
Born	1964 (age 51–52) Galway, Ireland
Occupation	Director
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Gort
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1989-1996	Galway
Inter-county titles
NHL	1
All Stars	1

Thomas "Tom" Helebert (born 1964) is an Irish former hurler and one third of the current Galway senior hurling management team, who played as a right wing-back for the Galway senior team.

Helebert joined the team in 1989 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 1996. He has won one National League winners' medal and one All-Star award. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. In 1996 he received an All Star Award. At club level Helebert played with Gort.

Helebert is currently on the Galway management team, having helped revamp the team and bring them to an All Ireland final in 2012. He also had a role to play with Clarenbridge, when they won the AI Club Final on St. Patricks Day 2011.^[1]

References

↑ "Cunningham appointed as Galway hurling manager". GAA website. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

Galway – 1993 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 R. Burke 2 P. Cooney 3 S. Treacy 4 M. Killilea 5 T. Helebert 6 G. McInerney 7 P. Kelly 8 M. Coleman 9 P. Malone 10 B. Keogh 11 J. McGrath 12 J. Cooney 13 M. McGrath (c) 14 J. Rabbitte 15 L. Burke Subs used J. Campbell for J. McGrath P. Finnerty for B. Keogh Subs not used K. Walsh B. Feeney L. Fahy L. Turley N. Power A. Cunningham D. Fahy V. Treacy Manager C. Farrell

1996 All-Star Hurling Team

1 J. Quaid 2 T. Helebert 3 B. Lohan 4 L. O'Gorman^HOTY 5 L. Dunne 6 C. Carey 7 M. Foley 8 A. Fenlon 9 M. Houlihan 10 R. McCarthy 11 M. Storey 12 L. Murphy 13 L. Cahill 14 G. Kirby 15 T. Dempsey

Galway – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used in replay: 17 J. Cooney for Donohue; 19 J. Glynn for J. Regan; 16 F. Flannery for Skehill; 18 C. Cooney for N. Burke; 20 D. Glennon for Smith

Subs not used: 21 T. Haran; 22 A. Harte; 23 N. Healy; 24 P. Gordon; 25 G. O'Halloran; 26 P. Hoban; 27 C. Callanan

Manager: A. Cunningham

Selectors: M. Kenny; T. Helebert

Clarinbridge - 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 L. Donoghue 2 C. Forde 3 B. Burke 4 P. Callanan (c) 5 J. Cannon 6 D. Forde 7 M. Donoghue 8 B. Daly 9 É. Murphy 10 S. Burke 11 M. Kerins 12 S. Forde 13 E. Forde 14 A. Kerins 15 P. Coen Sub used E. Collins for S. Forde Manager M. Donoghue Selectors T. Helebert N. Burke T. Flynn C. Lawless

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