James Nallen

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James Nallen
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born 1973
Castlebar, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Crossmolina Deel Rovers
Claregalway
Club titles
Mayo titles 6
Connacht titles 3
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1995–2010
Mayo 132
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
NFL 1
All Stars 2

James Nallen (born 1973 in Castlebar) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team. He is the team's record appearance holder with 132. [1]

He played in five All-Ireland finals, including an All-Ireland final replay against Meath in 1996, and won two All Stars, in 1996 and 2004. He won a National Football League medal in 2001. However, he never won an All-Ireland medal. He retired from inter-county football in 2010. [2]

At club level Nallen had much success with Crossmolina, winning Mayo Senior Football Championships in 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006, as well as Connacht Senior Club Football Championships in 1999, 2000, 2002 and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 2001.[ citation needed ]

He has also been a selector for Mayo. [3]

He is Chief Technical Officer at NUI Galway's School of Physics NUI Galway. [3]

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References

  1. "Where are they now? Dermot Flanagan". Irish Independent . 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "Nallen & Heaney call it a day". RTÉ Sport. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 "NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists". 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. The Mayo squad contains a large number of current and former students including Ger Cafferkey, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon, Conor O'Shea, Shane McHale, Chris Barrett and Cathal Freeman. Former Inter-County star James Nallen, who is a selector with the Mayo side, is a Chief Technical Officer in NUI Galway's School of Physics.