Jack Quinn (Gaelic footballer) explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Jack Quinn
Irish:Seán Ó Coinn
Feet:6
Inches:1
Occupation:Publican
County:Meath
Province:Leinster
Club:Kilbride
Clcounty:5
Counties:Meath
Icposition:Full-back
Icyears:1963-1977
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:1
Nfl:1
Allstars:0
Birth Date:1943
Birth Place:Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland

John A. "Jack" Quinn (born 1943) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Kilbride and at inter-county level with the Meath senior football team.[1] He usually lined out as a full-back.

Career

Quinn was a member of the Kilbride club team that earned promotion from junior to senior in the space of five seasons. After winning the respective Meath JFC and Meath IFC titles in 1960 and 1962, he won his first Meath SFC title in 1964. He won a second title in 1967 and then completed a three-in-a-row between 1969 and 1971.[2] Having represented the Meath minor football team, Quinn won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1962 before being picked for the senior team in 1963. He was one of the key figures on the team that won the Leinster Championship that year. Quinn was at full-back for the All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. He was again a member of the team, alongside his brothers Gerry and Martin, when Meath beat Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final.[3] [4] Quinn won a fourth and final Leinster Championship in 1970 before captaining the team to a defeat by Kerry in the All-Ireland final.[5]

Honours

Kilbride

1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971

1962

1960

Meath

1967

1964, 1966, 1967, 1970 (c)

1974–75

1962

1962

Notes and References

  1. News: Jack Quinn. Hogan Stand. 30 April 1993. 14 December 2021.
  2. News: Glory Days. Kilbride GAA website. 13 December 2021. 14 December 2021.
  3. News: The late Gerry Quinn. Hogan Stand. 19 October 2020. 14 December 2021.
  4. News: The Men of '67: Jack Quinn. Hogan Stand. 6 September 2017. 14 December 2021.
  5. News: No rest for the boys of 67. Irish Times. 12 September 1996. 18 December 2021.