John Galvin (Gaelic footballer)

John Galvin is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for Limerick in a career spanning 15 years from 1999 to 2014. He played his club football with Croom before transferring to Cratloe in Clare where he had been living for some years.

John Galvin
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Galbháin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Midfield
Born 1980 (age 42–43)
Limerick, Ireland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
1998-2013
2014-
 Croom
Cratloe
Club titles
Clare titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1999-2014
 Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 2

He was captain of the Limerick team that won the Munster Under-21 Football Championship in 2000. He played in 4 Munster Senior Football Championship finals but lost all 4 to Kerry in 2003, 2004 and 2010 and to Cork in 2009. In April 2003, he was named Vodafone GAA All-Stars Player of the Month for his part in helping Limerick win the Division 4 final of the National Football League.[1] He was Man of the Match in the 2010 final scoring 1-02. He was picked on the 2010 GPA awards team at midfield. He also plays hurling with Croom. He has been an all star nominee 3 times 2004, 2009, 2010. In 2008 he was part of the Munster team that won the Railway Cup.

In 2014, Galvin switched clubs to play for Cratloe in county Clare after living in the area for four years. He won the Clare Senior Football Championship with Cratloe in 2014.[2][3]

Galvin announced his retirement from inter-county football on 8 January 2015 after spending 15 years with Limerick and became what some people said "Limerick's greatest ever player."[4][5]

Honours
Limerick
Cratloe
Munster

References
  1. "Awards for Galvin and Codd". Hoganstand.com. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. "Clare GAA: Cratloe is first club in 100 years to win senior county titles in both hurling and football". Irish Mirror. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. "Galvin glad of Cratloe glory". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. "Arguably the greatest Limerick footballer ever has retired from the inter-county game". thescore.ie. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. "Tributes pour in as John Galvin retires". Irish Examiner. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.


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