John Evans (Gaelic footballer, born 1955)

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John Evans
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó hÉimhín
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-back
Born 1955
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
O'Donovan Rossa
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1980-1987
Cork 16 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:09, 3 January 2013.

John Evans (born 1955) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.

Evans joined the team during the 1980 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1987 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal, one National League medal and one All-Star award. [1] Evans was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasions.

At club level Evans is a one-time All-Ireland medalist with O'Donovan Rossa. In addition to this he has also won one Munster medal and one county club championship medal. [2]

John also won an Allstar award in 1983

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References

  1. "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. "Senior Football (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2012.