Johnny McGurk

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Johnny McGurk
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Mac Uirc
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half back
Born	(1965-11-03) 3 November 1965 County Londonderry, Ireland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Occupation	Accountant
Club(s)
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
?-?	Lavey	?
Club Titles
Derry titles	4
Ulster titles	2
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
?-?	Derry	?
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	2
All Irelands	1
NFL	3?
All Stars	1

John McGurk (Irish: Seán Mac Uirc; born 3 November 1965) is an Irish former dual player, who is most notable for being a Gaelic footballer for the Derry senior football team in the 1980s and 1990s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side and also won two Ulster Championships with the side. For his performances in the 1993 Championship he won an All Stars Award.

McGurk also won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1991 with his club Lavey, where he was captain.^[1] He was one of very few players in Ireland to complete this unique double and almost did the extreme rarity of winning both competitions in the same year in 1993, but Lavey were defeated in the All-Ireland club after winning their second Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

McGurk played most of football career in defence, but did play in attack for Lavey sometimes.^[2]

Personal life

McGurk was born in Lavey and attended school at St Patricks College in Maghera. All seven of his brothers were keen sportsmen. Anthony McGurk won All Star awards in 1973 and 1975, Collie was also in the 1993 panel and Hugh Martin captained Derry in the 1980s.^[3] Johnny McGurk works as an accountant. He has three children. James (9), Patrick (7) and Marc (4).

Inter-county career

McGurk won an Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship with Derry in 1983.^[4]

He made his Derry senior debut in 1988 as a 19 year old against Antrim in the National Football League.^[2] He was part of Derry's 1993 Ulster Championship and All-Ireland winning team, which beat Cork in the final. McGurk added a second Ulster Championship medal in 1998.

He won National Football League medals with Derry in 1992, 1995 and 1996.

Hurling

Among McGurk's hurling honours was winning the Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championship with Derry in 1986, defeating Antrim and Down along the way. He scored 1-01 against Antrim in the semi-final at Loughguile in a 2-20 to 1-06 victory. They beat Down in the final after a reply; 3-09 to 1-02. McGurk's brother Collie was also part of the panel.^[5]

Club career

He made his club debut when 15 years old and won a large array of medals with Lavey. He won four Derry Senior Football Championships and two Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The highlight of his club career was captaining Lavey to victory in the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. He said "My greatest memory is of lifting the Cup and seeing the whole parish of Lavey down below me in Croke Park".^[6] He also won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship on a number of occasions.

References

↑ "Facts and Figures". 1998 Ulster Championship Quarter Final Programme (R & S Printers Ltd, Monaghan). 31 May 1998
↑ 2.0 2.1 Corry, Eoghan (1993). Oakboys - Derry's Football Dream Come True. Dublin, Ireland: Torc Books Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 1-898142-10-6.
↑ Quinn, Jerome (1993). Ulster football and hurling - The Path of Champions. Dublin: Wolfhound Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-86327-395-5.
↑ "Derry Football Roll of Honour". Retrieved 2008-01-17.
↑ "Will Derry be singing the Blues at Newry?". The Mid-Ulster Observer. 2007-08-16.
↑ "GAA: Caltra's fairytale journey reaches final destination". Western People. 2004-03-17. Retrieved 2008-04-06.

External links

v t e Derry – 1991-1992 National Football League Champions (2nd title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 D. Quinn 4 T. Scullion 5 H. Downey 6 C. Rafferty 7 G. Coleman 8 B. McGilligan 9 D. Heaney 10 A. Tohill 11 D. McNicholl 12 G. McGill 13 J. Brolly 14 F. McCusker 15 E. Gormley Subs used S. Downey for McNicholl J. McGurk for Rafferty D. Bateson for McGill Subs not used E. Heaney K. O'Neill J. McErlean R. Tracey D. Cassidy C. McGurk B. Rafferty E. Burns Manager E. Coleman Backroom team M. Moran

(Team as 1991-92 NFL final versus Tyrone)

v t e Derry – 1994-1995 National Football League Champions (3rd title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 T. Scullion 4 G. Coleman 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 D. Heaney 11 D. Barton 12 E. Burns 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used D. Bateson for Brolly Manager Mickey Moran

(Team as 1994-95 NFL final versus Donegal)

v t e Derry – 1995-1996 National Football League Champions (4th title)

1 J. Kelly 2 K. McKeever 3 G. Coleman 4 T. Scullion 5 K. Diamond 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 E. Burns 11 D. Barton 12 S. M. Lockhart 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used 18 D. Dougan for Burns 22 G. McGill for S. Downey Subs not used 16 D. McCusker 17 A.N. Other 19 J. McGurk 20 S. McLarnon 21 D. Quinn 23 C. McEldowney 24 D. Bateson D. Cassidy C. McGurk D. McNicholl D. O'Neill Manager Brian Mullins Backroom team F. Kearney A. McGurk E. Young

(Team as 1996 NFL final versus Donegal (5 May 1996))

v t e Derry – 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 T. Scullion 4 F. McCusker 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey 7 G. Coleman 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 D. Heaney 11 D. Barton 12 D. Cassidy 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E Gormley Subs used 18 D. McNicholl for D Cassidy 20 É. Burns for S Downey Subs not used 16 D. Kelly 17 D. Quinn 19 Karl. Diamond 21 D. Bateson 22 B. McCormick 23 R. Ferris 24 S. Mulvenna D. O'Neill C. McGurk C. Rafferty H. M. Tohill E. Kelly Manager E. Coleman Backroom team M. Moran (coach) H. Gribben D. McKeever

(Team as of 19 September 1993 versus Cork)

v t e 1993 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 J. O'Leary 2 J. J. Doherty 3 D. Deasy 4 T. Scullion 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey^FOTY 7 G. Coleman 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 K. O'Neill 11 J. Kavanagh 12 C. Redmond 13 C. Corkery 14 G. Houlihan 15 E. Gormley

Persondata
Name	McGurk, Johnny
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler and gaelic footballer
Date of birth	1965-11-03
Place of birth	County Londonderry
Date of death
Place of death

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