Johnny Everard

{{Short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer (1924–2021)}}

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|birth_place = Templetuohy, County Tipperary, Ireland

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|death_place = Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland

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Johnny Everard (16 April 1924 – 25 May 2021) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played for Tipperary Championship club Moyne-Templetuohy. He was a member of the Tipperary senior teams in both codes for the 1949-50 league-championship season.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/he-would-get-up-from-the-television-if-kilkenny-pulled-ahead-of-tipperary-906516.html|title='He would get up from the television if Kilkenny pulled ahead of Tipperary|date=23 February 2019|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=13 August 2019|first=P. M.|last=O'Sullivan}}

Following the death of John Coffey in August 2019, Everard became the oldest living All-Ireland medal winner and the oldest All-Ireland winner in Tipperary.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/he-would-get-up-from-the-television-if-kilkenny-pulled-ahead-of-tipperary-906516.html|title=Passing of Tipperary hurling legend John Coffey (aged 102) - the oldest All-Ireland medal winner|date=12 August 2019|publisher=Tipperary Live|accessdate=13 August 2019|first=Noel|last=Dundon}}{{cite web|url= https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40298735.html|title= Tipperary All-Ireland winner Johnny Everard, 97, passes away|date=26 May 2021|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate= 26 May 2021}}

Everard died on 25 May 2021, aged 97.{{cite web|url= https://tipperary.gaa.ie/press-release-johnny-everard-moyne-templetuohy-1924-2021/|title=Press Release – Johnny Everard Moyne-Templetuohy (1924-2021)|date=26 May 2021|work=Tipperary GAA|accessdate= 26 May 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2021/0526/1223993-tipp-all-ireland-winner-johnny-everard-dies-aged-97/|title= Tipperary All-Ireland winner Johnny Everard dies aged 97|date=26 May 2021|work=RTE Sport|accessdate= 26 May 2021}}

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Category:1924 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Moyne-Templetuohy hurlers

Category:Tipperary inter-county hurlers

Category:Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers

Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen

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