Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hurley foot n.

[? Irish game of hurley/hurling, in which the ball is hit with a stick or club]

(Irish) a club-foot.

[Ire](con. 1850–60s) G.A. Little Malachi Horan Remembers 39: ‘Lanky Tom Callaghan of the Hurley Foot’ was the name they had on him. He had a club-foot, you see [...] He used to use the hurley-foot as a hook to trip his man.