Nigel Nestor

Nigel Nestor
Personal information
Irish name Niall Nestor
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born 1974
Dunboyne, County Meath
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Occupation Kingspan
Club(s)
Years Club
1995–2005 Blackhall Gaels
Club Titles
Meath titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1997–2004 Meath 26(00–09)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All Irelands 1
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Nigel Nestor is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Blackhall Gaels and was a member of the Meath team which won the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1999 beating Cork, He was also part of the Meath team that reached the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2001, losing to Galway He was also part of the Meath team that lost the NFL in 2000, losing to Derry team. He was sent off in the All-Ireland football final of 2001 which automatically disqualified him for an Allstar selection for that year. This also unfortunately recognized him as "infamously" the last man to be sent off in an All-Ireland Football Final. [1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Nigel Nestor, Meath GAA: Player Profile". GAAinfo.com. http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/meath/Nigel%20Nestor.php. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
  2. ^ "www.gaa.ie/Meath Senior Football Team". Meath.gaa.ie. http://meath.gaa.ie/sfprofiles04.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
  3. ^ "Intermediate Football Championship Final 2001 - Players Profile". Iol.ie. http://www.iol.ie/~robj/gaels/ifc-panel-profile-2001.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1999 (7th title)

1 C. Sullivan | 2 M. O'Reilly | 3 D. Fay | 4 C. Murphy | 5 P. Reynolds | 6 E. McManus | 7 H. Traynor | 8 N. Crawford | 9 J. McDermott | 10 E. Kelly | 11 T. Giles | 12 N. Nestor | 13 O. Murphy | 14 G. Geraghty (Capt.) | 15 D. Curtis | Subs: R. Kealy | B. Callaghan | T. Dowd | Manager: S. Boylan
Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2001

1 C. Sullivan | 2 M. O'Reilly | 3 D. Fay | 4 C. Murphy | 5 D. Curtis | 6 N. Nestor | 7 H. Traynor | 8 N. Crawford | 9 J. McDermott | 10 E. Kelly | 11 T. Giles (c)  | 12 R. Kealy | 13 O. Murphy | 14 G. Geraghty | 15 R. McGee |
Manager: S. Boylan