Anthony "Tony" O'Sullivan (born 7 January 1963) is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork senior hurling team.
He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player before later joining the under-21 sides.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, O'Sullivan won one Railway Cup medal on the field of play.
O'Sullivan's career tally of 1 goals and 143 points ranks him as one of Cork's highest championship scorers of all-time.
[4] After enjoying championship success in the minor and under-21 grades with Na Piarsaigh, O'Sullivan subsequently joined the senior team.
The replay was also a close affair, however, a narrow 2–7 to 1–8 victory gave O'Sullivan a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.
Three years later O'Sullivan lined out in a fourth championship decider as North Cork minnows Ballyhea provided the opposition.
After making his debut with the Cork minor football team on 3 May 1980, O'Sullivan won a Munster medal in that code in 1981 following a narrow 0–9 to 1–5 defeat of Kerry.
[7] O'Sullivan's performances with the Cork minor footballers saw him added to the starting fifteen of the under-21 side for the All-Ireland final replay with Galway on 8 November 1981.
Cork came from behind in the closing stages to win by a single point scored from long range by Kevin Hennessy.
O'Sullivan made his senior hurling championship debut for Cork on 30 May 1982 when he scored 0–7 in a 1–19 to 2–8 Munster quarter-final defeat of Tipperary.
Cork powered their way through the provincial campaign and a massive 5–21 to 3–6 defeat of Waterford in the decider, with O'Sullivan scoring 0–12, gave him a first Munster medal.
"The Cats", who many viewed as the underdogs, surprised all on the day, with Christy Heffernan scoring two goals in a forty-second spell just before the interval to take the wind out of Cork's sails.
Billy Fitzpatrick was the star with ten points, giving Kilkenny a 2–14 to 1–9 lead with seventeen minutes left, however, they failed to score for the remainder of the game.
[10] The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 September 1984, played at Semple Stadium in Thurles, saw Cork take on Offaly for the first time ever in championship history.
In 1985 O'Sullivan added a fourth successive Munster medal to his collection as Cork defeated Tipperary by 4–17 to 4–11 in the provincial decider once again.
Four Cork goals, one from John Fenton, two from Tomás Mulcahy and one from Kevin Hennessy, stymied the Galway attack and helped the Rebels to a 4–13 to 2–15 victory.
Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney.
The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose.
At half-time Cork were two points ahead, however, two second-half goals by John Power and Michael "Titch" Phelan supplemented a first-half D. J. Carey penalty which gave Kilkenny a 3–10 to 1–12 victory.
After being omitted from the team in 1984, O'Sullivan was included at left corner-forward the following year as Munster faced Connacht in the decider.