Jack Quinn (Gaelic footballer)

Jack Quinn (Gaelic footballer)

infobox GAA player
name=Jack Quinn
placeofbirth=Kilbride, County Meath
countryofbirth=Ireland
county=Meath
code=Football
sport=Gaelic football
province=Leinster
club=Kilbride
clubs=Kilbride
clapps(points)=
clposition=Midfield
clyears=
counties=Meath
icyears=?-?
icapps(points)=
icprovince=4
icposition=Full Back| icallireland=1
allstars=N/A

Jack Quinn is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success play inter-county football in the sixties on the Meath team. For Meath he usually played Full Back. Sometimes he played at midfield, and often when Meath were chasing games he was moved out from the full back position to midfield. He played club football for Kilbride. His brother Martin usually played Corner Back when he was playing Full Back. When he & some of his brothers were playing for Kilbride they were one of the top senior clubs in Meath but after they left the scene they have declined. During his playing career he has won 1 Senior All Ireland medal (1967). During the sixties when Jack was playing Meath had a very strong team but unfortunately for Meath the great Galway team were around at this time & Meath lost to them in 1964 &1966. In 1970 he captained Meath as they were beaten by Kerry in the first 80 minute final.

External links

* [http://meath.gaa.ie/home.htm Official Meath Website]
* [http://www.kilbridegfc.com Kilbride GFC]


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