John Bannon (referee)

John Bannon (born 1963 or 1964) is a former inter-county Gaelic football referee who refereed two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, the 1998 final between Galway and Kildare and the 2002 final between Armagh and Kerry. He is a member of the Legan Sarsfields club in County Longford, where he played in midfield, and by 2006 he had won one Senior B Championship, one Intermediate Championship and two Junior Championships. By 2004 he had twice been Vodafone Referee of the Year. He has served as a Leinster Council delegate and has written about refereeing for the Irish Examiner.