| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic Football |
| Jack Young | |
| Irish: | Seán de Siún |
| Occupation: | National school principal |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Nils |
| Clyears: | 1900s-1920s |
| Clcounty: | 2 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Midfield |
| Icyears: | 1911-1912 |
| Icapps(Points): | 4 (0-2) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 22:20, 10 April 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 9 February 1965 (aged 77) |
| Death Place: | Cork, Ireland |
John "Jack" Young (20 October 1887 – 9 February 1965) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Cork county team.
Young made his first appearance for the team during the 1911 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for just two championship seasons. During that time he won a set of All-Ireland and Munster winners' medals.[1]
At club level Young began his career with Doheny's before later winning two county championship medals with Nils in Cork city. He also played hurling with the St Finbarr's club.[2]
Young was the patriarch of a famous Gaelic games family in Cork. His sons, Éamonn and Jim, were All-Ireland medalists in football and hurling respectively.[3]