John Joe Sheehan

John Joe Sheehan
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Seosamh Ó Síocháín
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre-forward
Born	6 May 1929; Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	16 June 2020 (aged 91); Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation	National school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Firies; Killarney Legion
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County
1949–1955	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0
	*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 00:18, 18 June 2020.

John Joe Sheehan (6 May 1929 – 16 June 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with the Killarney Legion club and was a two-time All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kerry senior football team.

Playing career

Born in Farranfore, Sheehan first enjoyed success when, in 1946 and still a schoolboy, he won a Kerry County Championship medal with Killarney Legion and an All-Ireland Minor Championship with the Kerry minor football team. While training to be a teacher at St. Patrick's College he was selected for the Dublin senior football team but declared for Kerry and made his debut in the first round of the 1949-50 league. Sheehan captained Kerry to the Munster Championship title in 1951, before a spinal injury ruled him out of the game before a comeback which saw him win two All-Ireland Championship medals from three final appearances between 1953 and 1955. He was also selected for the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions.^[1]^[2]

^ Fogarty, John (16 June 2020). "Former Kerry captain John Joe Sheehan dies". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Sad week in Kerry GAA". Hogan Stand. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.