Thomas Cheasty (4 February 1934 – 10 August 2007) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Waterford county team.
Cheasty represented the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, winning three Railway Cup medals in 1958, 1960 and 1961.
He would later win a Junior Hurling County medals with his native club Ballyduff Lower in 1983, a few months shy of his 50th birthday.
While attending a National League game between Waterford and Kilkenny at Walsh Park as a spectator, the former team were so short of players that the selectors resorted to searching the crowd for hurlers.
A Kilkenny revival put an end to Waterford's hopes, with Cheasty's side facing a narrow 4–10 to 3–12 defeat.
Waterford scored three goals in the opening thirty minutes, with Cheasty finding the net twice, to help his side to a 3–12 to 1–10 win.
The men from the Déise clawed back this deficit to two points but an expert display of free-taking by Eddie Keher proved the difference as Kilkenny won by 4–17 to 6–8.
Cheasty retired from inter-county hurling in 1967 after breaking his finger in a provincial defeat of All-Ireland champions Cork.
His inter-county hurling career over, Cheasty married local Ballyduff girl Kathleen Kelly and settled down, having purchased a farm in Killure near Waterford Airport.