Vin Baston
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| Native name | Uinseann Beastún (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Vin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 June 1963 (aged 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vincent Baston (5 August 1919 – 4 June 1963) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played for Passage in Waterford and Army in Galway and was centre-back on the Waterford senior hurling team that won the 1948 All-Ireland Championship.
After beginning his club career with the Passage junior team, with whom he won a Waterford Junior Championship medal, Baston subsequently won two Galway Senior Championship medals with the Army club in 1947 and 1948.
Baston made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Waterford minor hurling team in 1937. He subsequently joined the Waterford senior hurling team and made his debut during the 1939-40 National League. Baston established himself as a key member of the starting fifteen and was at centre-back in 1948 when Waterford won their first All-Ireland Championship, having earlier won the Munster Championship title.