Gerard Stapleton (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Borris–Ileigh and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a centre-back.

Stapleton first played juvenile and underage levels with the Borris–Ileigh club before joining the club's senior team.^{[citation needed]} He won three County Championship titles, before winning an All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1987.^[1][2] Stapleton first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Tipperary minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Championship in 1976. He progressed onto the Tipperary under-21 team and won an All-Ireland Under-21 Championship title in 1979. By this stage Stapleton had already been drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team. He spent more than a decade with the team and won National Hurling League and Munster Championship honours.^[3]

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Borris–Ileigh

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1987
• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1986
• Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: 1981, 1983, 1986

Tipperary

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1987
• National Hurling League: 1978-79
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1979
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1978, 1979
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1976
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1976