John Coleman (Gaelic footballer)

John Coleman, born in Millstreet, County Cork, in 1951, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned nine seasons from 1970 to 1979. He first played Gaelic football at Millstreet National School and later attended Rockwell College, where he favoured rugby union and won a Munster medal in 1967. He appeared for the Millstreet club at underage levels, winning a host of divisional minor championship medals and a county under-21 championship medal in 1972. He debuted for Cork on the minor team in 1968, collected back-to-back All-Ireland medals in two minor seasons, and then won back-to-back All-Ireland under-21 medals in 1970 and 1971. By then he had also joined the Cork senior team, making his debut during the 1970-71 league.