| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Labhrás Tóimicín | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born |
13 June 1963 Naas, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Publican | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Eadestown Castlehaven | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 2 | ||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1979–1985 1987–1996 |
Kildare Cork |
8 (2-33) 27(0–117) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Larry Tompkins (born 13 June 1963) is a former Irish Gaelic football manager and player. Throughout his 20-year club career, he played for his adopted club Castlehaven, winning three Munster Club Championship titles during a golden age for the club; he had earlier played for his hometown club Eadestown, and also enjoyed championship successes. At inter-county level, he captained Cork to win the 1990 All-Ireland Championship; he had earlier claimed a first winners' medal as centre-forward on the 1989 All-Ireland-winning team. As well as being a successful captain for club and county, Tompkins was also selected for Leinster and Munster in the Railway Cup. After retirement from playing, he served as a coach and manager, most notably with the Cork senior team.
Tompkins is widely considered one of the best players of his generation, and among the greatest of all time, as well as being regarded by many in the sport as Cork's greatest ever centre-forward.[1] Once described by former Kerry manager Mick O'Dwyer as 'one of the best players to ever play football', he was a three-time All-Star-winner. Tompkins was also selected on the Kildare and Cork Teams of the Millennium.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (30 September 2020). "Tompkins altered the course of football history for Cork, Kerry, Derry and, quite possibly, Dublin, Meath and Mayo". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 June 2021.