Seán Marty Lockhart

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Seán Marty Lockhart
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Irish Name Seán Máirtín Locard
Date of birth August 22, 1976 (1976-08-22) (age 31)
Place of birth County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Teacher
Club information
Club Banagher
Position Midfield
Club(s)*
Club Years Apps (scores)
Banagher ? - Present ?
Inter-County
County Derry
Position Left-corner back
Inter-County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Derry 1995-Present 45[1]
Senior Inter-County Titles
Ulster Titles 1
NFL 3
All Stars 1

* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of 14:55, 17 May 2008 (UTC).

Seán Martin Lockhart (Irish: Seán Máirtín Locard; born 22 August 1976) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and three National League medals. He also won an All Star for his performances in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

He plays his club football for St. Mary's Banagher. He is a dual player in that he also plays hurling for Banagher. In the past he has represented Derry at hurling as well.[2]

He is seen as a mobile, very tight marking corner-back, who is also very competent with the ball in his hands going forward, proven by the fact he plays midfield for his club. He has won three Irish News Ulster All-Star awards (1998, 1999 and 2001) and was named left-corner back on the Irish News Team of the Decade in 2004[3]. Lockhart holds the record for the highest number of appearances in the International Rules Series, having represented Ireland sixteen times over the course of eight series.[4]

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[edit] Career

[edit] Inter-county

In 1997 Lockhart was part of the Derry Under-21 team that won the Ulster Under-21 and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships.[5]

By that stage he was already playing for the Derry Senior team, having made his debut in October 1995 in a National League encounter against Kerry, where he scored a point.[6][7] Derry went on to win the 1995/1996 National League with Lockhart playing left half forward in the final against Donegal.[6] He made his Championship debut in 1996.[8]

Lockhart and Derry finished runners-up to Offaly in the 1998 National League decider.[9] Later in 1998 he won the Ulster Senior Championship with Derry, but lost out to Galway in the All-Ireland Championship semi-final. He was named full back on the 1998 All-Star team for his performances in the Championship.[10] He won another National League title in 2000, playing in his more familiar position in the full back line.[5]

He was awarded the Ulster Tennent’s Monthly Merit Award for May 2003, for his two performances against Tyrone that month. He kept six-time All Star Peter Canavan scoreless from play in both the drawn game and replay.[11]

He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[12][13]

[edit] Club

Lockhart plays for Banagher.

Lockhart has also represented St. Brendan's GFC Chicago in Chicago, for example in 2003 when after a replay[14] they finished runners-up to Wolfe Tones GFC in the Chicago Senior Football Championship final.[15]

[edit] International

Lockhart has played for Ireland in in every game since the resumption of the International Rules Series in 1998 (except for the 2002 series when he had a broken arm). Of the 16 games he played for Ireland, he was on the winning side eight times, with one draw. During the eight series, Ireland won four of them. In 1998 he was chosen as Irish Player of the Series and in 2004 he was chosen on the Supreme team to mark 20 years of Ireland versus Australia International Rules tests.[16]

[edit] School/college

Lockhart was captain of the St Pat's Maghera side that won the 1995 MacRory Cup, playing centre half back. He couldn't go on to compete in the [[Hogan Cup] for the school, as he was nine days over the age limit.[6] For his performances that year he became the first player to win both Ulster Colleges Football and Hurling All Stars.[6]

[edit] Honours

[edit] County

[edit] Province

[edit] College

[edit] Individual

  • All Star - Winner (1): 1998
  • All Star - Nominated (runner up): 2001[17], more?
  • Irish News Ulster All Stars Team of the Decade (1995-2004) - Winner
  • Irish News Ulster GAA All-Star - Winner (3): 1998, 1999, 2001
  • Ulster Tennent’s Merit Award - Winner (1): May 2003
  • Football Ulster Colleges All-Star - Winner (1): 1995
  • Hurling Ulster Colleges All-Star - Winner (1): 1995
  • Derry Senior football captain: 2004
  • Represented Ireland 16 times in the International Rules Series

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bogue, Declan. "McGrane set for '60'", Gaelic Life, 2008-05-16. Retrieved on 2008-05-17. 
  2. ^ Boyle quits Donegal panel. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  3. ^ Team of the Decade. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  4. ^ International Rules or Aussie Rules?. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  5. ^ a b Derry Football Roll Of Honour. Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
  6. ^ a b c d "Hogan Stand interview - Derry’s Sean Lockhart", Hogan Stand, 1997-04-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 
  7. ^ “Ireland Pen Pics”, 1998 International Rules Series Programme (DBA Publications Ltd.), 11 October 1998 
  8. ^ "Championship veterans still chasing glory", Irish Independent, 2008-05-09. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 
  9. ^ "Lyons' pride pass tough test of character to land League", Irish Examiner, 1998-04-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 
  10. ^ Football All Stars. RTÉ. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  11. ^ Tennents/UGAAWA Merit Award for May 2003. Ulster GAA Writers. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  12. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  13. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website. Derry GAA website. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  14. ^ NACB PRO Report Aug 22nd, 2003. North American County Board official website (2003-08-22). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  15. ^ One for the future. Hogan Stand magazine. Lynn Publications (2004-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  16. ^ (2006) The Oakleaf - 2006 Club & County Magazine. Derry County Board, p. 6-7. 
  17. ^ Tohill left out of All Star nominations. RTÉ. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
Gaelic games
Preceded by
Enda Muldoon		 Derry senior
football captain
2004		 Succeeded by
Paddy Bradley
v • d • e
Derry Senior Football Team
1 J. Deighan | 2 K. McGuckin (V. cap.) | 3 K. McCloy (Cap.) | 4  F. McEldowney  | 5 L. Hinphey  | 6 M. McBride | 7 M. McIver | 8 E. Muldoon | 9 J. Conway | 10 M. Lynch | 11 P. Murphy | 12 B.McGoldrick | 13 C. Gilligan | 14 P. Bradley 
15 | E. Bradley 
Subs: M. Friel for P. Murphy, | C. Devlin for E. Bradley | G. O’Kane for M. McBride | J. Diver for M. Lynch | J. Keenan for M. McIver
Manager: Paddy Crozier
(Team as of 30 March 2008 versus Galway)
v • d • e
Irish News Ulster All Stars Team of the Decade (1995-2004)
1 M. McVeigh  2 K. McKeever  3 T. Scullion  4 S.M. Lockhart  5 D. Diver  6 K. McGeeney  7 P. McFlynn  8 A. Tohill  9 S. Cavanagh  10 B. Dooher  11 G. Blaney  12 O. McConville  13 M. Linden  14 P. Canavan  15 S. McDonnell 
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