| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| John "Count" O'Donovan | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Donnabháin |
| Nickname: | Count |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Lees Clonakilty |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Midfield |
| Icyears: | 1911-1916 |
| Icapps(Points): | 9 |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 22:57, 5 May 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 28 April 1920 |
| Death Place: | Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
John Joseph "Count" O'Donovan (1889 - 28 April 1920) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.[1]
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, O'Donovan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first linked up with the Cork senior team. He made his senior debut in the 1911 championship. O'Donovan went on to play a key part for Cork during a successful period, and won one All-Ireland medal.[2]
At club level O'Donovan was a one-time senior championship medallist with Lees. He also won one intermediate championship medal with Clonakilty.
Throughout his inter-county career, O'Donovan made 9 championship appearances for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1916 championship.