Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Seán Foran | |
Irish: | Seán Ó Fuaráin |
County: | Offaly |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Edenderry |
Clyears: | 1948–1972 |
Clcounty: | 3 |
Counties: | Offaly |
Icposition: | Midfield |
Icyears: | 1949–1963 |
Icapps(Points): | 24 |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 17:57, 10 July 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1931 |
Birth Place: | Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland |
Death Date: | 9 July 2015 (aged 84) |
Death Place: | Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland |
Seán Foran (1931 – 9 July 2015) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team.[1] [2]
Born in Edenderry, County Offaly, Foran first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at St. Mary's Knockbeg College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Offaly minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1949 championship. Foran immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Leinster medal.[3]
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Foran won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a three-time championship medallist with Edenderry.
Throughout his career Foran made 24 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county football during the 1963-64 league.
In retirement from playing Foran became involved in team management and coaching. He was a selector when Offaly won the All-Ireland title in 1982.