Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Seán Ó Mangáin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born |
Tuam, County Galway, Ireland | 6 May 1927||
Died |
17 September 2013[1] Wolverhampton, England | (aged 86)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Occupation | Salesman | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Tuam Stars Ballymun Kickhams | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1948-1958 | Galway | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 0 |
Jack Mangan (6 May 1927 – 17 September 2013) was an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.
Mangan is regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever goalkeepers.[2] He made his debut for the team during the 1948 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement due to injury a decade later. During that time he won one All-Ireland winners' medal and four Connacht winners' medals. In 1956 he captained the side to the All-Ireland title.[3]
At club level Mangan enjoyed a successful career with Tuam Stars in Galway and Ballymun Kickhams in Dublin.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "John (Jack) MANGAN". RIP.ie. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ Wymbs, Henry. "Galway's goalkeeping great: Jack Mangan". Irish Abroad website. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Pen pictures of the men who will don the Galway jersey". Galway Library website. Retrieved 14 September 2009.