Martin Charles Reddington (22 November 1919 – 1 March 2015), better known as Tony Reddin, was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway and Tipperary senior teams.
As a member of the Connacht and Munster inter-provincial teams on a number of occasions, Reddin won five Railway Cup medals.
In 1946, he played at full-forward for Galway in the Monaghan Cup against Tipperary in London and later that year was sub-goalie when the westerners lost to Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
As Reddin approached his thirtieth birthday, a realisation that he would never supplant Duggan from the Galway 'keeper's position, together with some impressive club championship performances led to him joining the Tipperary senior team in 1948.
Reddin immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won his first National Hurling League medal in 1949 following a 3–5 to 3–3 defeat of Cork in the decider.
After a ten-minute stoppage to clear some of the 55,000 crowd who had invaded the field, Reddin's goalmouth area quickly became surrounded.
Tipperary eventually won the game by 2–17 to 3–11, however, in spite of collecting a second Munster medal, it took several hours before Reddin could leave the field due to an angry Cork crowd.
In a dull affair, Tipp looked to be heading for victory when Seán Kenny scored a goal to put the team four points ahead with just one minute left to play.
Tipperary's dominance of the provincial championship continued in 1951, with Reddin lining out against Cork in a third successive Munster decider.
The subsequent All-Ireland decider against Wexford on 2 September 1951 provided Tipperary with the chance to secure a hat-trick of championship titles for the first time in over half a century.
Remembered for his wonderful anticipation, sharp reflexes and his vision, Reddin suffered from deafness and associated speech limitations throughout his career.
Shortly after winning his sixth National League title in 1957, albeit as a substitute, Reddin retired from inter-county hurling.
In 1950 Reddin was in goal as the Munster inter-provincial team faced their age-old rivals Leinster in the championship decider.
As well as this, Reddin's adopted side collected a second Leinster medal in 1972 as St Rynagh's narrowly defeated old rivals Rathnure by 5–5 to 2–13.
However, his goalkeeping genius which inspired many is as vibrant today, not alone to Tipperary people, but all Gaels in general as we recall the greatness of his unique talent."
To sharpen his reflexes he would practice against a rough stone wall from a close distance, catching the sliotar as it rebounded in different directions.
He tried in vain to make a living on a small holding of land also being farmed by his brother and the rest of their family, so at the age of twenty-eight he made the decision to leave.
England was booming, however, the Mullagh man had a great love for the game of hurling and when he got the offer of a job on a farm in Lorrha in Tipperary he took it.
[18] In 1956 Reddin married Maura Smyth from Rathcabbin and the couple had nine children; Catherine, Eamon, Jacinta, Majella, Collette, Dermot, Brenda, Noelle and Cathal.
Four years later a job with Bord na Móna led to a move to Banagher where he lived for the rest of his life.