John Heslin
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Seán Ó hEislin | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born |
Mullingar, Ireland | 27 June 1992||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2009- | St. Loman's | ||
Club titles | |||
Westmeath titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
UCD | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2011- | Westmeath | 4 (0-14) |
John Heslin (born 27 June 1992) is a Gaelic footballer for Westmeath[1] and Australian rules footballer for the Irish Warriors. Heslin was drafted by Australian Football League club Richmond in 2011, with Pick #90 of the Rookie Draft, but left after just 3 months, without playing a single game.
Playing career
Gaelic football
The St Loman's GAA [2] clubman represented University College Dublin in the Sigerson Cup and Westmeath GAA at all level's and starred as Westmeath reached the Leinster Under-21 Football Championship final. He also played in 2 games of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Australian football
Heslin represented the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2011 Australian Football International Cup and kicked 4 goals in the tournament.
Richmond Football Club
Heslin joined the Tigers as a rookie in the 2012 Pre-season Draft.[3][4][5][6] After only three months on the Tigers' rookie list, homesickness proved too much for the St. Loman's clubman, and he resumed his inter-county career with Westmeath.[7]
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