Ger Egan

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Ger Egan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1990/1991
Club(s)
YearsClub
2008–
 Tyrrellspass
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 Athlone IT [1]
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2010–2022
 Westmeath

Ger Egan (born 1990/1991) [2] is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Tyrrellspass and at senior level for the Westmeath county team.

His uncle Joe Hyland was a goalkeeper for Tyrrellspass, who was part of the team that won the 1999 Westmeath Senior Football Championship. [2] Egan got involved in the senior setup at his club in 2007 when he was 16 years of age and when Pat Flanagan was manager, but he was too young to play at the time. [2] He started playing for the Tyrellspass senior team in 2008. [2]

He was a crucial part of the team, scoring 1–5 (1–4 from open play) to defeat Dublin at Parnell Park, that won the 2019 O'Byrne Cup, his county's first time to win that trophy since 1988. [3] [4] [5] He won his second piece of silverware of 2019 when Westmeath won the 2019 National Football League Division 3 league title by a goal against Laois at Croke Park, Egan scored 1–7 including the crucial goal in 60 minutes. [6] He was named the Man of the Match in that game. [7]

Egan tore his cruciate ligament in a game against Clare in 2019, [8] and underwent surgery on it. [1]

He returned to become part of the Westmeath side that won the 2022 Tailteann Cup, and played in the final. [9]

Honours

Westmeath

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References

  1. 1 2 Galvin, Kieran (11 November 2020). "Egan to undergo surgery to address injury problems". Westmeath Independent.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Murphy, Brian (9 July 2015). "My Club: Ger Egan — Tyrrellspass". I was involved [with Tyrellspass] in 2007, but I was only 16 at the time and deemed too young to play.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Kevin (18 January 2019). "Ger Egan hits 1–5 as Westmeath defeat Dublin for first O'Byrne Cup title since 1988". The42.ie.
  4. ↑ Keane, Paul (18 January 2019). "Egan leads Westmeath to O'Byrne Cup win over Dublin". RTÉ.
  5. ↑ "O'Byrne Cup final: Egan steers Westmeath past Dubs". Hogan Stand. 18 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Keane, Paul (6 April 2019). "Westmeath claim more silverware with Division 3 success". Irish Examiner .
  7. ↑ Keane, Paul (9 April 2019). "Westmeath's Ger Egan admits they are unlikely to win any more silverware".
  8. ↑ Roche, Frank (6 November 2020). "Ger Egan misses out as Westmeath make two changes for daunting date with Dublin". Irish Independent.
  9. ↑ Keane, Paul (9 July 2022). "Late goal seals inaugural Tailteann Cup for Westmeath". RTÉ.
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