John Killeen

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John Killeen
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Cillín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	1920 Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland
Died	July 2005 Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tynagh Clonad
Club Titles
Laois titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1944–1954	Galway
Inter-county titles
All Irelands	0
NHL	1

John Killeen (1920 – June 2005) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Galway senior team.^[1]

Killeen made his first appearance for the team during the 1944 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement a decade later after the 1954 championship. During that time he won a National Hurling League winners' medal.

At club level Duffy began his club career with Tynagh in Galway before later winning two county club championship medals with Clonad in Laois.

References

↑ "Obituary of John Killeen". Hogan Stand website. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

v t e Galway – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 S. Duggan 2 C. Corless 3 B. O'Neill 4 J. Brophy 5 M. Burke (c) 6 J. Molloy 7 N. Quinn 8 J. Salmon 9 B. Duffy 10 J. Duggan 11 H. Gordon 12 J. Killeen 13 M. McInerney 14 J. Gallagher 15 P. Nolan Subs M. J. Flaherty P. Duggan

Persondata
Name	Killeen, John
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	1920
Place of birth	Tynagh, County Galway
Date of death	July 2005
Place of death	Portlaoise, County Laois

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