Thomas Furlong (1931 – 16 August 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played for club sides Blackrock, St Michael's and Ballinure, at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team and with Munster.
Furlong first came to Gaelic football prominence when he was added to the Cork junior team in 1953.
This success saw him drafted onto the Cork senior team the following year and he won National League and Munster Championship medals in his debut season, however, Cork suffered defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland final.
[1] In spite of this, Furlong ended the year with club success by winning a County Junior Championship medal with St. Michael's and a County Senior CHampionship medal with Blackrock.
[citation needed] Furlong died in a nursing home in Ballincollig on 16 August 2019.