Tony Sheppard

{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Tony Sheppard

| irish = Antóin Mac Aoire

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| inches =

| nickname = Skinny

| occupation = Insurance rep

| county = Tipperary

| province = Munster

| club = Kilruane MacDonaghs

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| clyears = 1975-1990

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| clcounty = 4

| clprovince= 1

| clallireland = 1

| counties = Tipperary

| icposition = Goalkeeper

| icyears = 1978-1987

| icapps(points) = 1 (0-00)

| icprovince = 1

| icallireland = 0

| nhl = 1

| allstars = 0

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| birth_date = 1956

| birth_place=Cloughjordan,
County Tipperary, Ireland

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Anthony Sheppard (born 1956) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Kilruane MacDonaghs and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

Sheppard first played Gaelic football and hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilruane MacDonaghs.{{cite web|url=https://tippfm.com/sport/premier-rewind-the-proud-and-rich-tradition-of-kilruane-macdonaghs/|title=The proud and rich tradition of Kilruane MacDonaghs|publisher=Tipp FM website|date=5 June 2020|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} After winning numerous divisional titles in the minor and under-21 grades, he progressed onto the club's respective senior teams and won a combined total of 12 North Tipperary titles across both codes between 1976 and 1990. He captained Kilruane MacDonaghs to the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1986, having earlier won four Tipperary SHC titles.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/shclub_teams/|title=Senior Hurling (Club)|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/sport/other-sports/kilruane-27438380.html|title=Kilruane|publisher=New Ross Standard|date=20 March 2004|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}

Sheppard first lined out at inter-county level as a forward on the Tipperary minor hurling team during the 1974 Munster MHC campaign. He later spent two seasons with the under-21 team. Sheppard first played with the senior team during their successful 1978-79 National League campaign. He made his only championship appearance when he captained the team in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://tipphurling.weebly.com/tipp-teams-1980---1989.html|title=Tipperary teams: 1980-1989|publisher=Premier View website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} Sheppard was a non-playing substitute when Tipperary beat Cork in the 1987 Munster final replay.