Jack Quinn (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Cuinn | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born | Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Kilbride | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| ?-? | Meath | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| All Stars | N/A | ||
Jack Quinn is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success playing inter-county football in the sixties for 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.