John Galvin (Gaelic footballer)

John Galvin is a former Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for Limerick in a career spanning 15 years from 1999 to 2014. He played his club football with Croom before transferring to Cratloe in Clare, where he had been living for some years, and he also plays hurling with Croom. He was captain of the Limerick team that won the Munster Under-21 Football Championship in 2000, and he played in four Munster Senior Football Championship finals, losing to Kerry in 2003, 2004 and 2010 and to Cork in 2009. In April 2003 he was named Vodafone GAA All-Stars Player of the Month for helping Limerick win the Division 4 final of the National Football League, and he was man of the match in the 2010 final, scoring 1-02. He was picked on the 2010 GPA awards team at midfield, was an All Star nominee three times and in 2008 was part of the Munster team that won the Railway Cup.