Jack Mahon (Gaelic footballer)

Jack Mahon, who lived from 1933 until 2005, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1950s. A native of Dunmore, where his father was a national school teacher, he first made a mark by winning a County Minor title with Dunmore McHales in 1949 and a Connacht Colleges championship with St Jarlath's College, Tuam, in 1950. He won three County Senior Championships, the first in 1953 with a Dunmore McHales team captained by his 19-year-old brother Brian. Selected for the Galway senior team in 1951, he played on until 1961, winning an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1956, a National League medal in 1957 as captain, and six Connacht championships, including five in a row from 1956 to 1960. He won Railway Cup medals with Connacht in 1957 and 1958 and played at centre half-back for the Combined Universities in 1958.