John McEntee (Gaelic footballer)

John McEntee
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre half forward
Born	(1977-06-30) 30 June 1977 Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1995-2011	Crossmaglen
Club titles
Armagh titles	14
Ulster titles	8
All-Ireland Titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
xxxx-2007	Armagh
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	6
All-Irelands	1
NFL	1

John McEntee is a retired Gaelic footballer who played for Armagh between 19xx and 2007. He was part of the Armagh first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side in 2002. McEntee also won six Ulster Senior Football Championships and a National Football League title with the county.

McEntee played club football for Crossmaglen Rangers and enjoyed a hughly successful career with the club. He helped Cross win the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship four times, the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship seven times and the Armagh Senior Football Championship on 13 occasions.

He usually played as a centre half forward. McEntee is known as one of the Armagh's best ever footballers.^[1]

Personal life

McEntee is from Crossmaglen, County Armagh. His twin brother Tony played alongside him for all of his Crossmaglen and Armagh career.

Playing career

Club

McEntee was part of the Crossmaglen team that has won 13 Armagh Senior Football Championships in a row between 1996 and 2008.^[2] This equals the national record for consecutive county football championships set by Ballina Stephenites of Mayo between 1904 and 1916. He has also won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship seven times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) and 2010 and the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship five times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2011) with the club. McEntee, along with twin brother Tony, Oisín McConville, Paul Hearty, Francie Bellew and Cathal Short is one of six Cross players to have shared in all these successes since 1996.^[2] John came on as a sub in the 2011 All-Ireland Club final that was his last game for Cross.

References

↑ "Ulster's 125 - Down shortlist". The Irish News. February 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
1 2 Archer, Kenny (21 October 2008). "Thirteen on the trot for six of the best". The Irish News. p. 42. Retrieved 22 October 2008.

Armagh Football Squads

Armagh – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 B. Tierney
2 E. McNulty
3 J. McNulty
4 F. Bellew
5 A. O'Rourke
6 K. McGeeney (c)
7 A. McCann
8 J. Toal
9 P. McGrane
10 P. McKeever
11 J. McEntee
12 O. McConville
13 S. McDonnell
14 R. Clarke
15 D. Marsden

Subs used: B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee; T. McEntee for P. McKeever

Subs not used: P. Hearty; K. Hughes; C. O'Rourke; P. Loughran; J. Donalson; B. Duffy; G. Reid; P. McCormack; S. Maxwell; P. Duffy; C. O'Neill; K. McElvanna; S. Smyth

Manager: J. Kernan

Armagh – 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Hearty 2 F. Bellew 3 E. McNulty 4 A. Mallon 5 A. O'Rourke 6 K. McGeeney 7 A. McCann 8 P. Loughran 9 P. McGrane 10 R. Clarke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 D. Marsden 15 T. McEntee Subs used P. McKeever for D. Marsden K. Hughes for A. Mallon D. Marsden for A. Mallon B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee Manager J. Kernan

Armagh – 2005 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 P. Hearty 2 A. Mallon 3 F. Bellew 4 P. McCormack 5 A. Kernan 6 K. McGeeney 7 C. McKeever 8 J. Toal 9 P. McGrane 10 M. O'Rourke 11 J. McEntee 12 O. McConville 13 S. McDonnell 14 R. Clarke 15 B. Mallon Subs used P. McKeever A. McCann J. McNulty P. Loughran A. O'Rourke Manager J. Kernan

2000 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars

1 S. McGreevy 2 E. McNulty 3 P. McGuinness 4 J. McNulty 5 K. Hughes 6 K. McGeeney 7 P. McFlynn 8 A. Tohill 9 J. McEntee 10 C. O'Rourke 11 R. Gallagher 12 P. McGrane 13 S. McDonnell 14 E. Muldoon 15 K. Brady

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