James Nallen

James Nallen (born October 1973 in Castlebar) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team and is the team's record appearance holder with 132 appearances. He played in five All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, including the 1996 final replay against Meath, and won two All Stars, in 1996 and 2004, and a National League medal in 2001, though he never won an All-Ireland medal. He retired from inter-county football in 2010. At club level he won Mayo Senior Football Championship titles in 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006, Connacht Senior Club Football Championships in 1999, 2000 and 2002, and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 2001 with Crossmolina. He later served as a Mayo selector, spending three seasons in James Horan's management team as the runner during games. His brother Tom and their uncle John also played for Mayo and Crossmolina, and he has worked as Chief Technical Officer at the School of Physics at NUI Galway.