| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Hugh Niblock | |
| Irish: | Aodh Niobloch |
| Occupation: | Secondary school teacher |
| County: | Derry |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Magherafelt St Gall's |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Counties: | Derry |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 12:36, 21 February 2022 |
| Birth Date: | September 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Death Place: | Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Hugh Niblock (September 1949 – 18 February 2022) was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Magherafelt and St Gall's clubs and at senior level for the Derry county team. He usually lined out as a forward.
Niblock first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Magherafelt club. He progressed onto the club's senior team and won a Derry SFC title in 1975, in what was the club's first ever championship success at inter-county level.[1] Niblock first appeared for the Derry minor football team in 1967 before later joining the under-21 side. As a member of the Derry senior football team, he won Ulster Championship titles in 1970 and 1975.[2] Niblock subsequently became involved with the St. Gall's club in Belfast.
Niblock was born in Magherafelt in September 1949.[3] His family had a strong association with sport, with his uncle, Frank Niblock, lining out for Derry when they won the National League in 1947.[4] Niblock's brother, Mickey, was a contemporary on the Derry team, while his nephew, David Niblock, won a Munster Championship title with Cork.[5] Niblock qualified as a teacher and spent the majority of his working life in St Patrick's College in Belfast.
Niblock died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 72.[6]
1978
1970, 1975