Gerry Quinn (Gaelic footballer)

Irish Gaelic footballer (1940–2020)

Gerry Quinn
Personal information
Irish name	Gearóid Ó Coinn
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-forward
Born	1940 Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland
Died	18 October 2020 (aged 80) Kilbride, County Meath, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilbride
Club titles
Meath titles	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Meath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0

Gerald T. Quinn (1940 – 18 October 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Kilbride and at inter-county level with the Meath senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Quinn was a member of the Kilbride club team that earned promotion from junior to senior in the space of five seasons. After winning the respective Meath JFC and Meath IFC titles in 1960 and 1962, he won his first Meath SFC title in 1964. He won a second title in 1967 and then completed a three-in-a-row between 1969 and 1971. Having represented the Meath minor football team in 1958, Quinn won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1962 before being picked for the senior team in 1964. He was one of the key figures on the team that won the Leinster Championship that year. Quinn was at full-forward for the All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. He was a member of the panel, alongside his brothers Jack and Martin, when Meath beat Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final.

Death

Quinn died on 18 October 2020.

Honours

Kilbride

Meath Senior Football Championship: 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971
Meath Intermediate Football Championship: 1962
Meath Junior Football Championship: 1960

Meath

References

"Sadness at passing of 1967 All-Ireland winner". Irish Independent. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
"Gaels throughout Meath have been greatly saddened by the news of the passing of Kilbride's Martin Quinn". Meath GAA website. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
"The late Gerry Quinn". Hogan Stand. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
"The death has occurred of Gerry Quinn". rip.ie. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Gerry Quinn navigation boxes

Meath – 1962 All-Ireland Junior Football Champions (3rd title)

Subs used: 18 G. Quinn for P. Hanley; 17 J. Kane for T. Muldoon; 24 P. Black for T. Monaghan

Subs not used: 16 M. White; 19 J. Carolan; 20 P. Mulvany; 21 C. Ward; 22 T. Flynn; 23 J. Rochford

Meath – 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 17 M. White for D. Donnelly; 18 J. Fagan for D. Carty; 21 M. Quinn for J. Fagan

Subs not used: 16 P. Cromwell; 19 M. Carolan; 20 P. Mulvany; 22 V. Foley; 23 L. Kierans; 24 M. Mellett; 25 J. Walsh; 26 M. Lynch; 27 M. O'Brien

Meath – 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

Subs: 16 P. Cromwell; 17 M. Quinn; 18 O. Geraghty; 19 P. Black; 20 M. O'Brien; 21 A. Lyons; 22 D. Carty; 23 J. Walsh; 24 P. Rooney; 25 P. Bruton; 26 M. Sullivan; 27 G. Quinn

Trainers: Fr P. Tully; P. McDermott

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