Matthew "Matt" Hassett (born 1932) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.
Born in Toomevara, County Tipperary, Hassett first played competitive hurling during his schooling at the Patrician College, Ballyfin.
The son of Pat and Nora Hassett (née O'Meara), he was born into an area and into a family that had a very strong hurling tradition.
Hassett's father was a first cousin of the famed Patrick ‘Wedger’ Meagher, who captained the Tipperary hurling team in the All-Ireland final of 1913.
[1] Hassett later studied law at university and was a long-time partner in the Nenagh firm of solicitors of James O'Brien & Co. His son Mark, now works in the same practice.
In 1958 Hassett traveled as a spectator to Buttevant to see Cork take on Tipperary in a challenge game and ended up playing at corner-back.
[3] In Hassett's first season on the team Tipp reached the provincial final and he was given the unenviable task of marking Cork's Christy Ring.
Tipperary displayed a certain amount of over-confidence going into the match and Wexford pounced at the beginning of each half with two goals by Mick Hassett and Oliver McGrath.
The crowd invaded the pitch with a minute to go, mistaking the final whistle, and when the disorder was cleared Tipperary continued playing with twelve men.